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

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:02
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John Leister <MuggySphere@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> 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.

You'll find if you use a real multimeter with a max and min
capability, the actual voltages dont vary anything like that.

> 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

Yeah, those are fine.
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From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Motherboard voltages....  Are these readings within normal tolerances
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