Bad 5v rail

[RED Hot Machine]

The last week or so I've been having problems with my machine. It has been running at the same overclock for a while and is 100%stable. It runs seti 24/7, and i've had no problems.

I think it would be my PSU on its way out, the 5v line is real low. I've ordered a 420w Enermax unit, to replace the current generic 400w unit. Do you think that the new unit will be upto it ?

I have the following running on the current one:

x3 120mm YSTech fans 8.5w each
x2 Seagate Barracude 40gb ATA 100
x1 Pioneer DVD
x1 HD CDRW
USB HUB
USB Mouse
USB Camera Docking Station
SB Live! Platinium
Geoforce 2 mmx200 modded with a 60mm and 40mm fans
Glaciator II HSF
Hard Drive Cooler

My Voltages are as follows, I've had to back my OC off a bit for the moment.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Hoot]

If that +5V readout is correct (4.46V) you defintiely need to improve something there. Before you do anything, get a second reading on that +5V with a multimeter to make sure your monitoring hardware is giving you a correct reading.

Hoot

 

[Rezman5]

I see in your sig that you have an Epox board. From what I have heard, Epox and Enermax dont get along and make your +5 go WAY down.

 

[RED Hot Machine]

Thanks for the tips guys.

The PSU arrived this morning and it was sweet looking. Gold fan grills and see though fan on one side.

Installed and am getting a 5v line between 4.91 and 4.93.

Much better

 

[bose70]

5v rail

Hi
I modded my case ( Home made pexiCube) so I cut off the unused power leads leaving one set spare in case of upgrades
its a Enermax 300w before I was getting 4.97 after I get 5.05 as I type

Bose

 

[KaHNZa]

Instead of starting a new thread I guess I could post in here. Is a 4.83v on my +5 really bad? It fluctuates between 4.81 and 4.83. And I'm not even overclocked! And a new PSU is not an option. No $$$ Oh, and if you want to know my PSU is a Leadman/Powmax 400W

 

[RED Hot Machine]

4.8 is not bad, What other hardware have you got running in the case.

Are you thinking about overclocking your system ?

 

[KaHNZa]

4.8 is not bad, What other hardware have you got running in the case.

Are you thinking about overclocking your system ?

Its an Athlon Tbird 1.33, 512MB Ram, Iwill KK266, 2 HDs, CD burner and 52X reader, Geforce2 MX 400, SMC NIC, Soundblaster LIVE!, 3 120mm fans, Glaciator HSF. I have had this system up to 1466Mhz, but it won't go any higher.

 

[RED Hot Machine]

Did you try a little more vcore that sometimes helps.

By the way i just hit 160 FSB with the New PSU. That is a new high for me

 

[KaHNZa]

Did you try a little more vcore that sometimes helps.

By the way i just hit 160 FSB with the New PSU. That is a new high for me

I had the Vcore at max and several other settings

 

[shy-boi]

I gonna post a reply here too...
I got a weird one.....
whenever I power on my aver tv pvi card, my +5v drops from +5.05 to +5.03
then after extended viewing my pc reboots....
any ideas?
my psu is 2 &1/2 yrs old, I purchased it from pc power and cooling for 250$ its a masive 400w somehting-or-other.

 

[Fink]

Don't rely on MBM or BIOS to report correct values for voltage - recall how bad a job it does with temps!

Always double check your voltage values with a multimeter, you might be suprised how far off your BIOS is.