+5 volt is too high

[nithish24x7]

I went to my bios to OC my cpu but there I found that the 5 volt was too high (6.98), I have not had this problem until now , the Psu is a corsair one. The entire system is about 3 months old.
the system is very stable and runs very chill ~40 idle, 55 in games and ~65 during rendering.
There are no actual noticeable ill effects.

So is it just my sensor that has screwed up in monitoring.
Feel like getting a multimeter and checking, if so which colors should I check.
What effect could this have, like what could it damage

 

[jay32267]

I don't think your 5 V rail is actually at 6.98.

I think that if it was, your PC wouldn't run.

I would check it with a meter.

Put the minus lead on a black wire on one of the PSU connectors and put the plus lead on a red wire. It should read between 4.75V and 5.25V.

If it is indeed at 6.98 volts....all sorts of things can be damaged....which is why I think it's likely that it's not.

 

[nithish24x7]

I don't think your 5 V rail is actually at 6.98.

I think that if it was, your PC wouldn't run.

I would check it with a meter.

Put the minus lead on a black wire on one of the PSU connectors and put the plus lead on a red wire. It should read between 4.75V and 5.25V.

If it is indeed at 6.98 volts....all sorts of things can be damaged....which is why I think it's likely that it's not.

Thanks for the reply, that is exactly my speculation.
I will update once I have checked the voltage with a multimeter

too bad, seems that I have a damaged motherboard sensor, system was brand new but nvm

 

[jay32267]

I don't think your 5 V rail is actually at 6.98.

I think that if it was, your PC wouldn't run.

I would check it with a meter.

Put the minus lead on a black wire on one of the PSU connectors and put the plus lead on a red wire. It should read between 4.75V and 5.25V.

If it is indeed at 6.98 volts....all sorts of things can be damaged....which is why I think it's likely that it's not.

Thanks for the reply, that is exactly my speculation.
I will update once I have checked the voltage with a multimeter

too bad, seems that I have a damaged motherboard sensor, system was brand new but nvm

Yeah.....but if it's just the sensor, that's not the end of the world. There are definitely worse situations to be in.