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New Computer Voltage Problem...

Started by millertime214 , Apr 17 2006 03:05 PM

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millertime214

Posted 17 April 2006 - 03:05 PM

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Hi everyone,
I just built my first computer about a week ago and I have a question about the voltage. I have PC Alert 4 running (it tells me temps, fan speeds, and voltages). I have noticed that on the +12V display it says 2.16 in red numbers. I was wondering what exactly this means and how bad is it? Also, how might I fix it? Thanks for your help.

Oh yeah, here's my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard
eVGA GeForce 6800 OC SE 256MB Video Card
2GB OCZ Platinum RAM
Aspire 500W PSU
Aspire X-Plorer Case
WD 250GB SATAII HD
DVD-RW Drive
Leadtek TV Tuner

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Samm

Posted 17 April 2006 - 03:55 PM

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3,476 posts

Hi

While I can't give you a definate answer to your question, I suspect that PCAlert may just be wrong. If your +12V rail was really operating at 2.16V, your system wouldn't be working.

Go into the bios & look under the H/W Monitor page -> PC Health Status.
It should report all the voltages in there