Do these voltages look ok to you?

[Artheas]

There are one or two that seem rather high, just wondering if i'm worrying over nothing.


12V 12.28
5V 5.24
5VSB 5.22

i've read that the 5v rail should not ever go over 5.25, if that's true, then mine seems to be cutting it mighty fine.
The 5VSB seems high too, not sure if it has the same threshold.

Is it a general rule that no voltage should be out by 5%?

 

[acharris]

Hi, how are you reading those voltages?? if it is through a monitoring program, then the voltages are only roughly accurate anyway, as most monitoring programs are out.

The only way to get more accurate reading is by using a multi-meter and measure the 12v by putting the probes on the yellow and black of a molex connector, and the 5v by using the probes on the red and black of a molex connector and take the reading when running.

My reading are vary from the program and a multi-meter. My says it is 11.71 idle and 11.60 on load. With a meter, it is 11.90 idle and 11.75 load. If the system is stable then I would not worry to much about the voltages.

Also the 5vsb is for stand-by voltage and is always present when the PSU is connected to a mains socket even if the PC is off, it is used when in standby to wake devices that can wake up things like modems from standby. So not really import to monitor that one.

Hope this helps.

Anthony