To high?

[Caffeinatedsoap]

I am measuring one of my molex connectors voltage because the maxtor I just got back from rma started smoking. I am getting +12.10 - +12.20 and +5.10 - +5.18. Does this sound high to you? High to the make a chip on the harddrive smoke?

 

[larrymoencurly]

It's off by 1.6% and 3.6%, well within the ATX tolerance of 5%, but the numbers could be meaningless if they were taken through software rather than a meter.

Most chips are made for +-5% or +-10%, and the PSU's overvoltage protection usually won't kick in until about +20%.

 

[Ice Czar]

as larrymoencurly pointed out

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/faqpowersupply.html

Basic 5% range is
+12V....11.4V to 12.6V
+5V......4.75V to 5.25V
+3.3V...3.135V to 3.465V

 

[Caffeinatedsoap]

Ok cool. I took the mesurment with a meter. Its just when I plugged in my maxtor hd fresh from rma it started to smoke.

 

[Ice Czar]

Its just when I plugged in my maxtor hd fresh from rma it started to smoke.

not one of its sales features

that is typically a very bad sign
was the HDD smoking or the PSU and what brand of cigerettes?

 

[Caffeinatedsoap]

It was the harddrive.