Possible PSU Problem

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Deception

Deception

Soldato
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Hi there,

I currently have the following system:

Q6600 @ 3ghz
2gb Crucial DDR2
2900XT 1gb
Corsair 520W

So anyway, today I decided to check on my system and on both Speedfan and everest said, that the 12v rail on my PSU was only running at around 3v :eek:. Would that mean, I may have to RMA my PSU, what problems could I have with it, also are there any problems to test the rail apart from pulling out the multimeter hehe.

Thanks in advance.
 
If your PC is running fine, then I would look first at weather your reading the stats wrong, or the progs are mis-reporting the stats in the first place.
 
Also found this on another forum....

"Good idea on checking that with a volt meter and its as I suggested earlier a bad software readout or bad sensor on the board. This is why I asked what the bios reported the voltage at, if the bios reports it in the 12v range then its a bad software read if the bios report 8v or something then its the sensor. I suspected this because a motherboard won't even power up if its only getting 8v.

This does not mean the board is bad it will work fine just report the voltages wrong, possibly there is a bios update to fix this."
 
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