Would these be considered unacceptable antec 450 voltages?

[regulator]

I already have a new power supply on the way, but for now, check out my readings, I don't think they're pretty

I took a multimeter reading of the 5V, and it shows 4.43. The BIOS shows 4.408
The multimeter for 12V showed 11.52 (pic came out crappy, so didn't put it up)
I don't know how to take the 3.3 reading, so will have to trust BIOS.

In the BIOS, the readings from top to bottom are: CPU core??, 3.3, 5 and 12

Would you agree that they're unacceptable and/or borderline?




This website describes problems some people have been having with antec power supplies, and I believe hit my problem on the bullseye:

http://www.pjrc.com/about/rambling/antec.html



I've been having "strange" problems of late. Optical drive trays won't open if I hit eject. Hard drives make clicking noise and whine for no reason. Games hang and I get a BSOD. I've tested everything individually, and they all come out clean. The PSU seems to be the only culprit.

I used a compressed air thingy to clean everything, including the PSU, but it made no difference. I've had the power supply about a year, it is under warranty, but I need my CPU fix

This was my first time fiddling with a lot of crap, including the multimeter, taking pics with cell phone, etc., lol. Well, I guess that's the best way to learn

specs:
Intel p4 2.6ghz
Asus p4p800
1024MB kingston RAM
Radeon 9800 pro
30 gig seagate IDE, 250gig Maxtor IDE, 160gig WD SATA
Pioneer DVD-ROM, Plextor DVD-RW
Antec 450W (on the way out, replacing with Hiper Type-R 580)

 

[zyzplasmaz]

yup you voltage seems low but im not an electrian expert though. 8)
out of curiosity is that a smartpower? or truepower though?

 

[nobly]

All PSU's eventually die, but hopefully you get more than a year out of it.

Anyways, if its a TruePower 450, then the spec shows it should be within 5%, and its not (3.3 and 5.0).

Hope it fixes it.

 

[regulator]

It's a Truepower