Re: Motherboard voltages.... Are these readings within normal tolerances

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From: John Leister
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:59

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Rod Speed wrote:

> John Leister <MuggySphere@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:3F810178.A8F99B54@hotmail.com...
> > Rod Speed wrote
> >> John Leister <MuggySphere@hotmail.com> wrote
>
> >>> I just did a voltage check on my motherboard
> >>> and I'm wondering if something has gone wrong
> >>> because they seem to vary a lot around the place.
>
> >> No, nothing is wrong, just the crummy A/D used to measure them.
>
> > By A/D I assume you mean analog digital converter.
>
> Yep, whats used by the motherboard to show those voltages in the bios.
>
> > And I did use a multimeter
>
> So what did you mean by 'they seem to vary a lot around the place' ?
>
> I assumed you meant that a particular voltage varys quite a bit over time.
> The values shown in the bios do that. With a decent multimeter, they dont.\



I was a bit concerned at the difference between the positive and negative
rails

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