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Article #37Re: Motherboard voltages.... Are these readings within normal tolerances
From: dr_hardwrae
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:19
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:19
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"John Leister" <MuggySphere@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3F80DA6E.B51D2118@hotmail.com... > 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. > > Motherboard in question is an MSI KT2 Combo > CPU is an AMD Athlon XP2000+ > 128mb SD ram > 20 gig seagate HDD > > Here is the list of voltages and I am just wondering if they are all within normal tolerance > for this particular CPU and system. > > +5.0v = 50195v > +12.0v = 110984v > -12.0v = 11.661v > -5.0v = 5.077v > Vcore = 1.600v There is nothing wrong with those readings. Most PSU's have a +-5% tolerance on the +3.3v and +5.0v rails and +-10% on the +12v rail and at least 10% for the negative voltages which, BTW, are no longer used. They were used for ISA cards, so the negative voltages haven't been used for a long time. > >
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