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Replaces power supply P3BF
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I just replaced the power supply in my old P3BF Asus motherboard Now, when I start, I get an Hardware monitor found an error, press DEL to enter setup and check monitor status. In the voltages section, where it should be -5V it's -6.1V in red. I tried another power supply and get the same error. The computer runs fine however if I ignore this error but would like to know why I get this. Thanks |
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Replaces power supply P3BF
Martin L wrote:
I just replaced the power supply in my old P3BF Asus motherboard Now, when I start, I get an Hardware monitor found an error, press DEL to enter setup and check monitor status. In the voltages section, where it should be -5V it's -6.1V in red. I tried another power supply and get the same error. The computer runs fine however if I ignore this error but would like to know why I get this. Because the -5 line is unused, and thus unloaded. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net |
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Replaces power supply P3BF
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:27:55 -0500, "Martin L"
wrote: Hi. I just replaced the power supply in my old P3BF Asus motherboard Now, when I start, I get an Hardware monitor found an error, press DEL to enter setup and check monitor status. See if the board bios has an option to not halt on errors, or only halt on selected errors instead of all of them. In the voltages section, where it should be -5V it's -6.1V in red. That's not a problem, most systems from the past decade or so don't use -5V anymore so if the PSU doesnt' load that rail internally, it may stray off the expected value but it isnt' a problem per se. I tried another power supply and get the same error. The computer runs fine however if I ignore this error but would like to know why I get this. BIOS glitch, they didn't take into account that this -5V might not be stable without anything using it. Some PSU don't have this instable -5V rail but I wouldn't change the PSU just to get one that doesn't, unless you can't disable the BIOS setting, error message halting the system and find it too annoying to keep pressing DEL to continue booting. |
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Replaces power supply P3BF
Don't know about the P3b, but had the same issue with a P4b and the bios
allowed not stopping for errors. "kony" wrote in message ... On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:27:55 -0500, "Martin L" wrote: Hi. I just replaced the power supply in my old P3BF Asus motherboard Now, when I start, I get an Hardware monitor found an error, press DEL to enter setup and check monitor status. See if the board bios has an option to not halt on errors, or only halt on selected errors instead of all of them. In the voltages section, where it should be -5V it's -6.1V in red. That's not a problem, most systems from the past decade or so don't use -5V anymore so if the PSU doesnt' load that rail internally, it may stray off the expected value but it isnt' a problem per se. I tried another power supply and get the same error. The computer runs fine however if I ignore this error but would like to know why I get this. BIOS glitch, they didn't take into account that this -5V might not be stable without anything using it. Some PSU don't have this instable -5V rail but I wouldn't change the PSU just to get one that doesn't, unless you can't disable the BIOS setting, error message halting the system and find it too annoying to keep pressing DEL to continue booting. |
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