Voltage too high?

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urbsnspices

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Ok, I bought a Forton Blue Storm 500. Looks great and this thing is quiet. Holy crapolly is this thing quiet. The plan is to take

Anyway ASUS probe is showing 13.5 Volts on the 12V line. Everything else is good. Anyway sometimes the 13.5 would ripple up to 13.7 or so. I just measured it. ( I measured a regular molex, not the Mobo connector) It measured very close: 13.4x.

So is this a problem? It seems high to me. This may or may not be pertinant but I am really putting low demands on this PSU. I am still building this system so I only have an HD/Mobo/Vid card/1 fan attached. Its water cooled with an externally powered fan and pump. There is nearly no load.

Comments? Rma? :(
 
That is WAY too high, thats outside the ATX spec and 13.4 volts wont be doing your hardware any good at all.

I'd say RMA it right away, before your PC dies.
 
yeah, I just remeasured the molex and Im getting ~13.2 now that its warmed up.

Ugh. I needed a new PSU and I thought ahead and bought something that would last though my next system. You just can win, can you?
 
urbsnspices said:
yeah, I just remeasured the molex and Im getting ~13.2 now that its warmed up.

Ugh. I needed a new PSU and I thought ahead and bought something that would last though my next system. You just can win, can you?
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Just RMA it. It will be fine.
 
Can some one confirm for me that my hardware is not likely the cause of this? I wouldnt think so but is it possible that my Mobo is the problem? My last cheapy PSU cranked along happily at ~11.8V.

I have only tested it with everything plugged in. It just struck me that maybe I should check it with no load.
 
urbsnspices said:
It just struck me that maybe I should check it with no load.
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That might give you an inaccurate value... at least have some sort of load on it.
 
urbsnspices said:
Can some one confirm for me that my hardware is not likely the cause of this? I wouldnt think so but is it possible that my Mobo is the problem? My last cheapy PSU cranked along happily at ~11.8V.
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Ok. What are your system specs? (Make/Model Mobo, CPU, video card, etc.)
 
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