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Thanks, every-1... That's what I was hoping to hear Gatekeeper53... I noticed it about 6mo ago as soon as I got my OS and software installed...
Like I said it's never given me any problems and I back up my back-up's so if it die's I'll just do what Nflight suggested and toss it in the nearest lake!!!
Something odd concerning my +3800. PCAlert-4 indicates that my power supply's +12vdc is actually putting out +15.66vdc. I measured the actual output between the yellow and the black common and my multi-meter reads the output at +11.6vdc. In any case I don't like either measurement. Another indication is that all of my fans run slowly.
Does anyone have any ideas or is it time for another power supply?
Also, after my system crashed and re-booted Monday I took the cover off and noticed that the integrated ATI graphics chip on the motherboard is really warm - without any graphics applications being used. As a stop-gap I put in another fan (slow at +11.6vdc) to cool the chip directly.
Steve,
The one thing in my case I never scrimp on is the power supply (Every dime I have in there depends on it) for peace of mind I think I would order a new one and swap it out. You can keep the one your using as a spare and use it if you have problems in the future (just as a stop gap while waiting on a new one) I don't put much stock on PCAlert but a low volt delivery is really tough on equipment. Think about it I have a $300 chip, $275 in mem, $300 in HD, $150 in cooler, $200 in MoBo, $100+ in vid card, I don't want to trust all that to a $30 power supply, or even any part of it. I think we tend to forget that most of this equipment can be damaged by just a misplaced spark of non-regulated static, just thiink how much damage a surge of power from a rogue PS could do.
Have you checked to see if your PS fan is working? I had something similar happen to me Low/erratic voltage and sudden crash, after checking everything else and about to change out the PS I just happened to notice the PS fan had quit on me... I tore it apart cleaned it out installed a new fan and all was well...
I'll check the PS fan first. Could be the high PS temps are affecting the +12v switching circuit. This is all HP OEM stuff that came with this system a year ago - except for the RAM that I upgraded.