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PSU 12v low drop

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August 31, 2013 5:58:47 PM

while i play games i can see my voltage on the PSU with multimeter AND BIOS drop to 11.4v which causes my computer to shut down. I checked the wiring/cleaned them plugged/unplugged the PSU cleaned dust out of EVERYWHERE.

my specs areProcessor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

thermal take PSU 750 W

8gb RAM

been doin this for a couple days now... i really need help to me it sounds like its my PSU

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August 31, 2013 6:04:48 PM

Do you have a thermaltake toughpower?
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August 31, 2013 6:06:25 PM

smart M750W series it says on the box
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August 31, 2013 6:07:44 PM

Believe it or not 11.4 volts is still within the ATX spec (5%). nIf under warranty, Id call Thermnaltake and ask for warranty replacement..... again, it's still within allowable spec, but frankly, I check mine to make sure they stay within 1%
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August 31, 2013 6:09:26 PM

i just checked again i saw that RIGHT before it shuts down it goes below that to 11.2V i saw but it shouldnt be doing this... the more i play a game the more it drops, when i browse online it drops to 11.7V
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August 31, 2013 6:11:36 PM

Warranty claim.
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August 31, 2013 6:13:00 PM

okay thank you i will do that first thing tuesday since monday is a holiday. I hope this will work and i guess ill be bugging you guys again soon if it doesnt haha. by the way did this happen to you? a PSU already dropping voltage after only 1 year?
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August 31, 2013 6:35:38 PM

it happens with electronics, even really good psus sometimes die very quickly. I think it should have a 3 years warranty so you may be covered still.

I have a 750W toughpower, which are really good units, and it hasn't given me any trouble (its about 4 years old) with 2 660tis.

Btw, try updating your bios. you never know it might be some random bug
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