My PC’s been having a LOT of power issues lately and now there’s yet another one:
- Using a voltage stabilizer, my PC turns on, and after a few minutes, the 5V voltage spikes and keeps fluctuating between 5.07 and 7.30, constantly.
- Using only a power strip, it didn’t suddenly spike to 7, however it starts off at 5.07V and has been slowly rising, currently at 5,82V. I haven’t tried playing or doing anything intensive yet.
I bought a replacement PSU and both of the power supplies had similar problems (albeit this is the first time I tried using a power strip instead of a stabilizer). I sent it to a technician to check and it ran fine for 2 days with both PSUs without crashing (ASUS Anti-Surge was turned on, so it’d have crashed if it went beyond 6V), but it crashed in less than an hour at my place.
The stabilizer is brand new; as for the specs:
Also, I can’t check with a multimeter yet.
- Using a voltage stabilizer, my PC turns on, and after a few minutes, the 5V voltage spikes and keeps fluctuating between 5.07 and 7.30, constantly.
- Using only a power strip, it didn’t suddenly spike to 7, however it starts off at 5.07V and has been slowly rising, currently at 5,82V. I haven’t tried playing or doing anything intensive yet.
I bought a replacement PSU and both of the power supplies had similar problems (albeit this is the first time I tried using a power strip instead of a stabilizer). I sent it to a technician to check and it ran fine for 2 days with both PSUs without crashing (ASUS Anti-Surge was turned on, so it’d have crashed if it went beyond 6V), but it crashed in less than an hour at my place.
The stabilizer is brand new; as for the specs:
- MOBO: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
- GPU: Gigabyte Phoenix GTX1660
- RAM: HyperX GDDR3 8GB RAM (2x)
- CPU: AMD FX8320 Octo-Core
- PSUs: EVGA 850BQ 80Plus Bronze (850W) (Current) and ATX Spark PCYES 75+ (pretty much offbrand, this was the one I bought recently)
- I have quite a bit of USB stuff plugged in, including a LED mouse, keyboard and a drawing tablet (no screen).
Also, I can’t check with a multimeter yet.
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