Receiving a voltage warning

David Murphy

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Hi. I have been getting a warning constantly popping up on my computer (comes up every 10 seconds or so. Very irritating)

It just says 'Warning! +3.3V Voltage 2.952 V"
I, obviously, know it is trying to warn me about either excessive voltage or not enough voltage but I can't actually figure the problem out. I've checked my BIOS and restored it back to factory settings.

Has anybody else come across this problem?
If it helps then my motherboard is an Asus Sabertooth 990fx with uefi BIOS and my CPU is an AMD Bulldozer FX8120.

The CPU was overclocked, but only using preset's in the BIOS (performance mode) but for the last couple of weeks it has been running at standard speed / setting

Here is a picture of the error message
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There is, of course, a chance it could be a virus but I have run several virus scans and come up with nothing.
 

David Murphy

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Hi guys. Thanks for getting back to me so soon.

My full system spec's are:

Mobo - Asus Sabertooth 990FX
CPU - AMD Bulldozer FX8120
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16gb @ 1866mhz
HDD - Seagate Barracuda green 2tb
PSU - Corsair HX850
GFX - ATI Radeon 6790 1GB GDDR5
 

David Murphy

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So you don't think it's anything to worry about?
I just wish I knew how to stop the messages lol. They're really annoying.

Novuake - They happen regardless of what I am doing. I could just be typing away on facebook and i'll get messages but then occasionally I will get a day where I don't get any messages lol.
 


Then I am convinced its a misread as Blackbird said. There should be an option to remove the message. If not, remove the software, I find that sort of software annoying in general.
 

Benno158

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I've had this problem too, except it doesn't happen when my pc is idle, it only happens when I'm in a game, and then the frame rate drops ridiculously and the game starts to sound glitched and stretched? It also sometimes says that VDAA has a low reading too?
 


This thread is over 2 years old.

Create a new thread, include your exact system specs as well as any screenshots from HWmonitor and other software reporting the low voltage. You are welcome to PM me the link to that thread and ill take a look.

 

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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2932208/frame-rate-drops-low-reading.html#17308319