Possible PSU issue. testing PSU w/multimeter

bigdogchris

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Ok, little back story.

Had a PC 100% stable for about 2 months. Decided to go raid 0. System locked in once every 6 days or so. Changed drivers twice, still locked up. Finally got it to stay on for about 20 days w/o issues, then one day while watching a video, the screen got all fuzzy and the system rebooted. Reinstalled on 1 drive, and it happened again. Tested different video drivers and used the same ones that I had no problems with before. Still had the fuzzy thing happen every few days. Plugged old HDD back in to see if something was wrong and while I was diagnosing it with WD tools, the video I was watching went all fuzzy and system rebooted.

I ran the Crysis benchmark tool 99 cycles at settings far higher than I ever play and it was fine the next morning. Once when I started the bench though, there was light a large square of textures in the game that was blue (in game) like a bad texture or something. The next pass, it was gone.

I tested a molex connector and the yellow read slightly under 12v and the red read slightly under 5 volts, so I know those 2 are fine.

What colors should I test on my PCI-E connectors? How about my 24 and 8 pin main board connectors?

Thanks
 
yellow = 12V
red = 5V
orange = 3.3V
black = ground

Your DMM results should be close to the same when testing other connectors. Have you been able to run Memtest86+ for at least 6 hrs. and Prime95 for 12 hrs.?
 
yellow = 12V
red = 5V
orange = 3.3V
black = ground

Your DMM results should be close to the same when testing other connectors. Have you been able to run Memtest86+ for at least 6 hrs. and Prime95 for 12 hrs.?
I ran memtest (extended) a few months ago on this memory and it was fine. Past orthos last night, for about 6 hours. I have had the CPU pass prime for 12 hours before, but it was in another motherboard.
 
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