faulty PSU?

fat-600 · 12 Jan 2008 at 22:36

help please guys.

ill keep it short (try)

specs are
abit an52
AMD 5200
huntkey 500w PSU
ATI 2600 HD pro
XP pro
(if this matters) antec 900 case

i was checking on speedfan the other day and noticed that the 12 rail siad it was at 6.7 volts could this be why my video card looses signal some times?
but i dont get the check signal cable on the screen, just blank now this mostly happens if i bring it out of sleep or make a dvd full screen, but it only happens now and then, apart form that my system is rock stable, dont auto shutdown or fail to boot,

or is it that the PSU and video card are at fault
and i do not have any spare items to test with

thanks guys

Nick644622 · 13 Jan 2008 at 02:28

Software voltages are notoriously inaccurate. The cheapest of cheap voltmeters will be way more accurate. If it was that low I doubt your rig would be stable !

fat-600 · 13 Jan 2008 at 12:03

ok. ill get it checked with a multimeter, so do you think its the graphics card?
thanks for that

Nick644622 · 13 Jan 2008 at 17:27

Could be temperature related, have you checked the fan/fins lately ? There is something in the BIOS about refreshing the video after sleep mode. Could be anything to be blunt.

fat-600 · 13 Jan 2008 at 18:51

yeh ill have to check the BIOS for that, i too thought it was temperature related so i turned up the fan speed in rivatuner, mind you it has not done it in about 3 days or so but i know it will do it soon aigan
thanks anyway guys