Help low voltage

[RavenPrime]

My brother is stationed in Germany and called me this weekend saying that his computer is acting up. The voltage for +5V is occaisionally dropping to 4.3V. The other voltage readings are fine. He has an enermax 330W power supply. Could this be a problem with the power company? Should he get an APS or has the power supply gone bad?

Suggestions please.

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[FatBurger]

What is he running? He might be overloading it.
Or the PSU might be going bad. How old is it?

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[ycs46241]

I think you need new power supply but the load is also a good question i agree that you should check age as well

 

[ejsmith2]

4.3 means either it's overloaded or it's bad.

Anything below 4.9 is a bad sign...

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[lhgpoobaa]

what monitoring software are u using?

and yes 4.3 is bad... psu could be failing, but first try motherboard monitor to confirm what u see.

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