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Article #38Re: Motherboard voltages.... Are these readings within normal tolerances
From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:05
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:05
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Miro <miro01@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3f81353f$0$32142$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >> John Leister <MuggySphere@hotmail.com> wrote >>> 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. > With a scope and memory they do. Have fun explaining why a decent multimeter like a Fluke with max/min doesnt see them.
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