[ale] PC power supply voltages

[Bob Toxen]

I'd replace that power supply ASAP rather than run the risk of its
$50 power supply frying your $400-1000 computer!

Bob Toxen
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:35:31PM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 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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