Intel Active Monitor Voltage Warning

I'm running a D875PBZ with a P4 3.0 and over the past 2-3 days I'm
getting the following error reports:

04/09/04 18:47:40
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 18:47:39
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:45
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:43
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:03
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:02
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

Should I be concerned? Could this be caused by a static shock?

Russell

In case you are also running Motherboard Monitor, the two programs are not
compatible.

Frank

"Russell Proulx" wrote in message
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I'm running a D875PBZ with a P4 3.0 and over the past 2-3 days I'm
getting the following error reports:

04/09/04 18:47:40
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 18:47:39
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:45
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:43
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:03
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:02
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

Should I be concerned? Could this be caused by a static shock?

Russell

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:03:30 GMT, "Frank Fussenegger"
wrote:

In case you are also running Motherboard Monitor, the two programs are not
compatible.

Thanks Frank.

Actually I'm wondering just what's generating the warning since I
don't load Intel Active Monitor utility at startup. A small 'Intel
designed' popup up (together with a quiet booping sound) stating that
the details of the voltage incident would be generated during the next
reboot. (I didn't copy the exact words).

I only launched the Intel Active Monitor utility to view the warning
logs. Is there a motherboard bio level monitoring feature that's
generating this error message?

I've never seen a message like this before and wonder if it's just a
system being overly sensitive or if indeed the power supply is buggy.

Thanks for your help :-)

Russell

I suspect that installing the Intel Active Monitor creates a service that is
starts when your computer is booted. Run "services.msc" instead of
"msconfig" to look at or configure services. It will have a description of
each one.

I installed Intel Active Monitor once and got the kind of warnings you are
getting because I also had Motherboard Monitor installed. I figure that the
two programs interfered with each other because they were accessing the same
motherboard registers/ports. I only use Motherboard Monitor now because it
has a plug-in for my MatrixOrbital LCD display.

You should check your power supply if there is no other explanation, but it
would have to be in bad shape for one of the voltages to vary 5-10% or
whatever the alarm limit is.

Frank

Russell wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:03:30 GMT, "Frank Fussenegger"

Thanks Frank.

Actually I'm wondering just what's generating the warning since I
don't load Intel Active Monitor utility at startup. A small 'Intel
designed' popup up (together with a quiet booping sound) stating that
the details of the voltage incident would be generated during the next
reboot. (I didn't copy the exact words).

I only launched the Intel Active Monitor utility to view the warning
logs. Is there a motherboard bio level monitoring feature that's
generating this error message?

I've never seen a message like this before and wonder if it's just a
system being overly sensitive or if indeed the power supply is buggy.

Thanks for your help :-)

Russell

Sounds like an unstable power supply unit.

--
DaveW



"Russell Proulx" wrote in message
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I'm running a D875PBZ with a P4 3.0 and over the past 2-3 days I'm
getting the following error reports:

04/09/04 18:47:40
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 18:47:39
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:45
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/09/04 17:33:43
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:03
A voltage (+3.3 V) has returned to its recommended range.

04/08/04 21:20:02
A voltage (+3.3 V) has gone outside of its recommended range.

Should I be concerned? Could this be caused by a static shock?

Russell