Motherboard affecting voltages?

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I was wondering if a motherboard can affect the voltages on rails? I just send in an Antec Smart Power 500w for making a whining sound, this was the second time I had to RMA it. I decided to just buy a new power supply. I purchased the following power supply:
http://www.directron.com/fsp55080glc.html

Here are the voltages I am getting (these are from the BIOS, SpeedFan is similar)
vdimm 2.62
vcore 1.68
vdd - 1.58
+5 - 4.65
+12 - 12.64
vbat 2.88
5vsb 4.99

There's no way my system is taxing a power supply with 4 12v rails.

I remember the Antec's voltages were kind of similar. Could it be my motherboard is killing power supplies? I am upgrading after Christmas, but just wondering if its safe to use my desktop til then. The motherboard (Epox 8rda+) was RMAd for leaky caps, but who knows if the motherboard I got back is supplying bad current or something like that.

EDIT: Or could it just be my motherboard sensors are really bad? Unfortunately, I don't have a multimeter. This is a possibility, as a lot of people are having quality control issues and experiencing the same 'whine' problem with the Smart Power series as I did.

Thanks.
 
Try borrowing a multimeter.

As for the FSP 550, there's a thread on JonnyGuru's forum (www.jonnyguru.com) about how, using googlepay and buy.com, you can get a Corsair HX 520 for about the same price, which is a significantly better power supply.
 
Thanks, but I really don't want to go through returning this one, I'm already going to have to try and sell the Antec I get back from RMA. It will cost me about $21 to return (15% restock and shipping), and the Corsair is out of stock.

I'll be upgrading to a E6400 C2D, probably an MSI P965 Neo-F, 1gb DDR2 667, and something along the lines of a Geforce 7600GS.
 
BBowermaster said:
EDIT: Or could it just be my motherboard sensors are really bad?

Magic 8 ball says "most likely". God I miss those things.
 
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