PDA

View Full Version : Is 10.7v on the 12V rail bad????? (help)


Phrenetical
07-07-04, 09:06 AM
Hey everyone, ok my PSU is a new Antec True Blue 480W i love it, but i noticed today, my 12V rail was at 10.7v according to MBM5, (i dont have a multimeter soz) anyway, my other rails are fine, the 3v = 3.26 and the 5V is 5.03, so they are ok.

Yes but 10.7 on the 12v rail, is this bad???

In my case im running my sig spec.
+
2*80mm fans
2*80mm led fans
2*70mm fans
1*12inch blue cold cathode
1*burner
1*dvd drive
1 80gb sata
1 40gb IDE
1 a drive
1 gigabyte cooler GT ultra

Im sure my 12v rail used to be 11.57 and i cant think of anything i recently changed to cause a shift in voltage.

Any help is welcome.

b0bby
07-07-04, 09:37 AM
im no psu expert but to me anything below 12v i consider bad. i have a superflower 550 and its 12.96 idle and fluctuates to 12.8x when load. i don't think it should ever be that low but the experts can chime in.

wannaoc
07-07-04, 10:24 AM
Well going by the BIOS and mbm5 is not really the best way to judge your rails. You really need to pick up a volt meter so you can check them real time in a plug. I have yet to have a BIOS/board that reads dead on what they are. Other than that if everythings stable then don't worry about it. I would check if I were you though so you can return the psu if needed.

larrymoencurly
07-07-04, 06:01 PM
With an ECS K7S5A v. 8.0, MBM 5 said that the +12V rail was 10.6xV, but my digital meter read +12.11V. SpeedFan was even worse and showed the voltage fluctuating every second between +6V and +8V.

At least some HDs won't even spin up with just 10.7V.