when i flip the switch on my power supply from 115V to 320v my lcd monitor goes black and will not display.
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That switch is the input voltage selector. Make sure it matches the input line voltage and then do not mess with it.
In north America and a few other places it should be at the 115v. Otherwise 230v
If it is set to 230 on a 120 line it will not work right
If it is set to 115 on a 230 line then ... BOOM
That switch is the input voltage selector. Make sure it matches the input line voltage and then do not mess with it.
In north America and a few other places it should be at the 115v. Otherwise 230v
If it is set to 230 on a 120 line it will not work right
If it is set to 115 on a 230 line then ... BOOM
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Yes. That is because your electrical outlet only has 120V available. When you switch the PSU's voltage selector, all you are doing is telling it that it is plugged into a 230V outlet... which it isn't. Therefore the voltage divider is only supplying the system with half the necessary voltage. Never change that switch from what ever voltage it is plugged into.
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this guy sounds like Eddie Van Halen, and every other weirdo who then takes a VariAC to crank UP the AC on their gear to get MOAR TONE!!! except the opposite, he's emulating a brown-out or a dimmer... hmm...
hey, if you want your CPU running at MAX, bypass the PSU and just run 120V AC to the whole mobo.
hey, if you want your CPU running at MAX, bypass the PSU and just run 120V AC to the whole mobo.
Your cpu only needs 1 volt. You are lucky your are selecting a higher voltage than you have available and not a lower one, or you would hear a pop and smoke would come from the unit. Did you notice the switch is difficult to get at? This is to stop the untaught from moving it.
Messing with it is dangerous.
Messing with it is dangerous.
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Old / Low quality PSUs have a switch
High quality PSUs with active power factor correction do it automaticly
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