PSU Rails

[Sentinel]

Everytime I put a dvd or cd into my dvd drive, it starts up then my system freezes but I can still move my mouse. It stays on like it is reading the cd and the hdd light stays on as well. This goes on indefinitely.

CPU 1.56
AGP 1.50-1.48
3.3 3.28-3.29
+5 5.02-4.97
+12 11.71-11.77
-12 11.95-11.79
CHIPSET 1.68
5V SBVIN 4.91
VBATTERY 3.05
CPU 40*C

 

[Hajime]

The rails are within spec.

Was that taken with a mulltimeter or from software measurement?

 

[Sentinel]

software

 

[Hajime]

Try running Prime95. See if it still has the problems.

If not, it is probably related to the drive - I've had drives lock up an entire comp before when I put in a bad DVD.

 

[AMD Die Hard]

That 12V is a little weak there bro. Some mobos have a sensitivity to the 12V rail. You should see if your PS has a potentionmeter that you can bump up the voltage with.

 

[Sentinel]

its not the disks in the drive, i think its the drive itself, or the mobo ide socket but i dont have anything to check it against.

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: AMD Die Hard
That 12V is a little weak there bro. Some mobos have a sensitivity to the 12V rail. You should see if your PS has a potentionmeter that you can bump up the voltage with.

i have a shuttle AN35N Ultra 400 and Antec TP 380W

 

[Sentinel]

anything else bump?

 

[slash196]

I've had similar problems, but they're all disc-related. For example, none of my Green Day CDs would run...no other problems, just those specific discs. Anyway, if it's not disc-related, it's probably the drive. Hopefully it's not the board.

 

[Sentinel]

yeah its hard to say because i was able to use the drive to reformat the hard drive, but if i run it in xp it screws up the system