I have been having trouble with my system freezing, and after much searching, it looks like it's my PSU. Just to make sure before I go out and drop $80-100 for a new good PSU, please let me know if you would agree that it's the problem.
I have a new case, mobo, P4 2.8gig CPU, and DDR ram. With Hardware Sensors Monitor, and MBM5, the +12V rail seems to be at +10.18V-10.24V. Since this is way out of the 5-10% fluctuation range, I assume this is a problem. Would this make the system freeze? Usually under load, such as gaming or encoding.
I have tried swapping the ram out and it doesn't seem to help. Different cheap PSU's end up with the same readings and symptoms.
Thanks for the input.
DrMarvin
I have a new case, mobo, P4 2.8gig CPU, and DDR ram. With Hardware Sensors Monitor, and MBM5, the +12V rail seems to be at +10.18V-10.24V. Since this is way out of the 5-10% fluctuation range, I assume this is a problem. Would this make the system freeze? Usually under load, such as gaming or encoding.
I have tried swapping the ram out and it doesn't seem to help. Different cheap PSU's end up with the same readings and symptoms.
Thanks for the input.
DrMarvin