[ale] PC power supply voltages

[Dow_Hurst]

Jim,
Can you hear any fan bearings going bad?  Has someone brought in a small heater that is on the same circuit?
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2007 9:35 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] PC power supply voltages
>
>On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 20:44 -0500, Scott Castaline wrote:
>> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> > I've got a box where lm-sensors shows the +3.3 voltage going up and down
>> > between 3.39 and 3.41.  It jumps to 3.41 every ~1.5 hours and shortly
>> > thereafter drops back to 3.39 (which has been it's normal voltage for
>> > the past year or so).  A second box right near it isn't experiencing
>> > this behavior, which started at 2pm today, and there are no other
>> > indications of any problems.  How concerned should I be?
>> >
>> I don't think that it's a problem yet since the fluctuation is within 5% 
>> of it's nominal voltage of 3.3. But it could be an indication of 
>> something is strarting to go, but I've seen older power supplies do that 
>> and last for several months to a couple of years.
>
>It gets worse. :-(
>
>-12V is -14.91 (outside range [-10.80:-13.18])
>VBat is 0.03 (outside range [2.40:3.60]) <- WTF is VBat? (it's a server)
>VCore is 1.35 (outside range [1.93:1.93])
>V5SB is 5.16 (outside range [4.86:5.14])
>
>
>-Jim P.


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