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Yes i just got this PSU within the hour, and i'm 100% its better than my last one, but it has the same voltage stats as before, how come?

All of them are fine though except the 12+ volts/10.(43-50)

On the box it says dual 12 volt

1 g0t 0wn3d

What psu did you buy and what are your system specs....it could be a missreading.

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its called "Antec, Earthwatts"

System Specs :

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CHICKEN212
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model 915X-A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080011, 7/30/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name CHICKEN212\Yuki Nagahama
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 613.91 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.41 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

is this too much, i jsut copied pasted from system information i cant think right now, very tired.

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Heres is something really weird with the voltages comparasion between everest home edition and sensor view pro:

Sensor pro :
[img=http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/918/voltages2ol8.th.jpg]

Everest :
[img=http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/1123/voltagesyt1.th.png]

1 g0t 0wn3d

Yah your motherboard is not reading i right as long as it is not causing any problems you will be fine

dai

see what the bios records them as

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how would i find that?

dai

look for hardware monitor in the bios the wording may be slightly different depending on the brand of bios

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Do you mena the BIOS, from the boot? like u press F1 or F2?

dai

yes whatever key you press to get in there

speedster123

In the bios, that one might say "pc health status".

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i didn't see "pc health status" but i went to hardware monitor. It it had bizarre results. Temps were both over 50 C Celsius my fans were "apparently" going at 195 RPM and all my volts were under 5-4.

In everest and sensorsview pro i have over 3500 RPM and only 30-40 C Celsius.

dai

the results from the other 2 seem more accurate and if you are running with no problem i agree with what was posted previously
don't worry about it

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yeah, i guess, but it would be nice if i could see if my PSU was running as well as i hoped

linderman

how many case fans do you have


where in the case are the located


what direction is the air being moved by each fan (intake or exaust)

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well normally my computer has 2 general fans and 1 fan in the PSU. The 2 generals ones are : 1 in the back blowing air in and 1 on the motherboard like a metal grille blowing air in the grille. and the last fan my dad attached on the left side, except the left side of my computer we left open to give it more air, so the last fan doesn't do much.

linderman

thought so



the PSU fan and cpu fan (grille looking one) cant be counted in your cooling air flow set-up >>>>> they have their own jobs to do!


you should have a fan at the rear of the computer exausting air out of the computer

you should have a fan at the front of the computer box bringing air into the box

get fans that match the size of the perforated grill holes >>>> they will be either 80mm or 120mm fan mounting locations

80mm = 3.1 inches

120mm = 4.7 inches

when buying fans make sure you buy high rpm fans >>>> good 80mm case fans should spin at over 3,000 rpms

good 120mm fans should spin at 2850 rpms

case fans are cheap >>>> they will also save your computer from alot of abuse, especially the new PSU >>>>>> the psu fan gets its "frsh" air from inside the computer box! if that air is hot already then you are cooking your PSU for nothing!

your hard drive temps should be about 35C / 40C max the 40C only if you live in texas or arizona where its super hot !!

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thats the thing though, i keep the left side of the case wide open it gets room fresh hair, and the highest temp i have atm is 44, but its the motherboard, with a/c on i have like 29 temps lol

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also regarding room temperatures, here in british colombia we've hit over 40 degrees, my computer has never gone to the 50 mark so..(that was before i got a/c)


Also computer temps also depend where you are in the house, i keep my blinds closed most of the day, but if my room was jsut exposed to the sun all day i would hit much either temps, and size of room matters too, my room is just medium size so its not a big air circulation.

but none the less i'll ask my dad to install some new fans

linderman

youre correct ><>>>>> if your computer room is 40C then you cant really expect it to run real cool


the temps are not real high, but I would run your system with a small house fan blowing into it >>>>> I often do this when I want to do some extreme overclocking in the summer months