Underpowered power supply???

[pasiii]

Just a quick question-

I've been having some problems with running opengl games and am wondering if it may have something to do w/ my power supply? I'm running the soyo dragon+ w/ a xp1700+. These are the numbers i'm getting from the soyo ITE Smartguardian. Do they look about right?

vcore 1.76v
vcc2.5 2.48v
vcc3 3.26v
+5 4.86v
+12 12.22v
-12 -11.29v
-5 -5.05v

Oh and the psu is the enhance atx-1125bta

thanks!

 

[Adul]

+5 looks a tad low, but that I think is within spec. Whaat rating is the power supply? If it is less then 300 watts then i say it is time for something beefier.

 

[pasiii]

its a 300W (got it with the ever case deal from newegg that was in hot deals a week or two ago). how do i actually interpret these numbers? what do they all mean?

so the psu should be alright then? I'm trying to troubleshoot these problems w/ my new machine but i'm not sure where exactly the problem lies....

 

[dunkster]

I'm running a 1600+ mildly overclocked with Antec 300W ps.

My 5V reading is 4.97V, all stable.

I'm no expert, but 4.86V would concern me.

Hope this helps!

 

[hovenas]

How much stuff do you have? Hdd's, Dvd/Cd-rw's, zips, fans....
I had my case stuffed with gear and ran a 300w but my system would frequently fail me, on high load I could actually hear the HSF- fan alter sound according to differences in workload. I went for a 430 w and I am running real smooth since...

 

[pasiii]

OK here's my current setup... maybe that will shed some light on the issue???

Soyo Dragon+ w/ xp1700+
512mb crucial pc2100 (2x256) *the best buy samsung chips. problematic?
radeon 8500 retail
liteon dvd ltd163
seagate barracuda IV 80g
onboard sound/nic
thermaltake volcano 7 w/as2
winxp pro

maybe theres something else i'm missing as to why my computer is crashing while running opengl games? (btw, i also get crc errors from my dvd when its trying to install off a cd? so maybe its crashing due to high load?

 

[dpk777]

what are the symptoms of an underpowered PS anyway?