voltage

[whymusteye]

i recently built a new computer.. (xp pro, soltek mb, amd64) the motherboard came with a utility that monitors cpu temp, fan speed, voltage, etc. all of the voltages are fine except for -12v, which runs at idle between -13.3 and -13.6. when under load it jumps to -14 to -15. i don't think that is healthy but i'm not sure. any help on what is causing this or what i can do about it would be great. thanks

EDIT: also... on the utility that monitors the voltage, it flashes in red when it goes upwards of -13.7. so i'm assuming that there is a problem somewhere

 

[junker39]

Download
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
see if it agrees with yours.

 

[Skivvywaver]

Really, don't worry so much about the -voltages. Watch the +voltages. Very, very few things even use the -volts anymore. I haven't found anything that measures-volts very well. The sensors they use on the boards must be total crap.

 

[pugmug]

Agree with Skivvy,minus voltage is just a return signal for the electrical systems given input voltage.To much math-headache.lol

 

[JohnWill]

My -12 on this system is currently being read as -8.33. I doubt I'd worry about it...

 

[norton850]

I was just curious. Everest is reading mine as 0.73. ASUS probe doesn't even bother.

 

[JohnWill]

You appear to have a low voltage issue there.

 

[crjdriver]

Just wondering, what soltek board are you running? This screenshot of the HM is from an nf4-pro 929.

 

[whymusteye]

yeah that;s the thing that i have

 

[pugmug]

Is your puter running ok? If so do not worry about -voltage.It is + voltage, that is what you need to watch.You do not want to over volt any thing in your puter unless you are an overclocker with experence.As far as third party utility programs go you can not trust all of their reads as each system build has their own little quirks.There is no sure thing in this life but death.

 

[whymusteye]

it's running fine, i just didn't want to screw something up after dropping 1200 dollars on parts