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Hi all,

Lately I've been looking at my voltages with Speedfan 4.37 and they look quite strange:

+3.3V: 3.26v
+5V: 4.84v
+12V: 0.19V
-12V: -16.97V
-5V: -4.9V
And apparently I have another +5V at 5.13

That 12V looks very strange to me, but the PC still runs Crysis! Specs:
C2D E6600 @ 2.7GHz
2GB Kingston DDR2 800 RAM
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 rev. 3.3 Mobo
Gigabyte 8600GTS 256MB Silent Pipe 3 (Has no fan or power plug!)
1 EIDE Optical Drive (Lite-On LH-20A1P [DO NOT BUY!!!!!])
1 Seagate ST3250410AS SATA HDD
All that is running on a Gigabyte Superb 460w PSU.

Strangely, my BIOS (F11) says that my 12v is "OK"

Any ideas?

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Yep, don't use Speedfan for reading your voltages.

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Reply to Delluser1

Like the old vaudeville joke: "Doctor, doctor! My hand hurts when I do this."
Dr: "Stop doing that."

I alway verify all the voltage readings I can with a digital multimeter. It's the only way to tell for sure.

Reply to jsc

+1 jsc, I also alway verify initial readings with a DVM.

In your case:
(1) You know that the +/- 12 V readings are invailid. Since your bios reports your +12 is OK and you can boot and run 3d apps (games) without a problem, Your OK
(2) Ignore -12 V, you do not have a -12V sensor on your MB (-12V not used on newer MB)
(3) 2nd +5 V is your 5 volts supplied to USB ports.

(4) Try CPUID Hardware monitor (my favorite, but also known to have a problem with some MB's.

Reply to RetiredChief

Thanks. Maybe I should stop using Speedfan at all. It had an 11C offset on my CPU!

Reply to someoneZA

Simple... If it still reads like this in your BIOS, then your hardware monitor chip is fried. -12V is still used in newer motherboards, as it runs most of your switch regulators. You can still run this board just fine as long as things are closely monitored, your board no longer has any means of shutting itself down when real hazardous voltages are reached, risking valuable peripherals. If the board is still under warranty and you can wait a couple weeks, I'd recommend to RMA it. Again, that is ONLY if it reads like this in the BIOS.

Reply to infyrno917

infyro917
(1)Power supply rail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Under "Original IBM PC standard

"The −12V rail was used primarily to provide the negative supply voltage to the RS-232 serial ports." Added - Most NEW MB's do not have a serial port.

I have yet to see a post showing a -12V reading correct.

(2) If you read his orignal Post "The BIOS reports +12V is OK"
(a) if that is the case, Why would you think his monitor chip is fried.
(b) In any circuit that uses a Neg Voltage as a bias/reference to regulate another output, then that output would also be incorrect if the Neg reference is incorrect.


Message edited by RetiredChief on 04-04-2009 at 05:41:47 AM
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