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ravenprime   10-30-2001 at 03:18:24 PM

My brother is stationed in Germany and called me this weekend saying that his computer is acting up. The voltage for +5V is occaisionally dropping to 4.3V. The other voltage readings are fine. He has an enermax 330W power supply. Could this be a problem with the power company? Should he get an APS or has the power supply gone bad?

Suggestions please.

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FatBurger   10-30-2001 at 07:52:51 PM
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What is he running? He might be overloading it.
Or the PSU might be going bad. How old is it?

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ycs46241   10-30-2001 at 09:05:47 PM
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I think you need new power supply but the load is also a good question i agree that you should check age as well

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ejsmith2   10-31-2001 at 03:52:36 AM
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4.3 means either it's overloaded or it's bad.

Anything below 4.9 is a bad sign...

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lhgpoobaa   11-05-2001 at 05:17:39 AM
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what monitoring software are u using?

and yes 4.3 is bad... psu could be failing, but first try motherboard monitor to confirm what u see.

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