Voltages

[Wittin]

I am finding that my Voltages are either too big or too small, I am also finding that there is alot of data corruption and performance loss.

I would like someone who knows what they are talking about to give me advise on:
[#] Could the voltages be linked to my problems?
[#] If so, then to what extent are these incorrect voltages damaging my PC?
[#] What is my best plan of action?

Edit: I have already performed a BIOS FLASH to attempt to solve this problem

 

[urbanfox]

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Download speedfan and post a screeny of it, the link is found at the bottom of the page and direct linking does not work.

I think your program is gravely misreading some of the voltages like vcoreb (aka vdimm) as you couldn't even turn on your computer with that reading.

As for your data corruption I do believe that the harddrive motors and fans run the on the 12v line... so that is what might be causing your hardware problem.


EDIT

By any chance

1) are you overclocking your athlon xp cpu?
2) are you using an SATA harddrive or a PATA harddrive?

Also if you could post the following found on the power supply:

1)how many rated watts
2)brand
3)all the rails

i.e. it will look like

3.3v 32
5v 24

etc etc (don't freak out if your rail numbers are much lower than the above, as those were taken from a top of the line antec 550watt powersupply just as an example of what it looks like)

 

[Wittin]

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Download speedfan and post a screeny of it, the link is found at the bottom of the page and direct linking does not work.

I think your program is gravely misreading some of the voltages like vcoreb (aka vdimm) as you couldn't even turn on your computer with that reading.

As for your data corruption I do believe that the harddrive motors and fans run the on the 12v line... so that is what might be causing your hardware problem.


EDIT

By any chance

1) are you overclocking your athlon xp cpu?
2) are you using an SATA harddrive or a PATA harddrive?

Also if you could post the following found on the power supply:

1)how many rated watts
2)brand
3)all the rails

i.e. it will look like

3.3v 32
5v 24

etc etc (don't freak out if your rail numbers are much lower than the above, as those were taken from a top of the line antec 550watt powersupply just as an example of what it looks like)

Nope, i havent tried to over clock my CPU. Also, my BIOS has the same voltage readings too.

 

[Wittin]

Ok, i have the PSU information:

LinkWorld - Model: LPA

DC OUTPUT:-
+3.3V - 0-14A
+5V - 15-20A
-5V - 0.3A
+12V 6 - 8A
-12V - 1A
+5VSB - 0-0.2A

(+3.3V & +5v MAX. OUTPUT 125W, ALL OUTPUT IS EXTEND TO 200W MAX.)

 

[urbanfox]

Ok, i have the PSU information:

LinkWorld - Model: LPA

DC OUTPUT:-
+3.3V - 0-14A
+5V - 15-20A
-5V - 0.3A
+12V 6 - 8A
-12V - 1A
+5VSB - 0-0.2A

(+3.3V & +5v MAX. OUTPUT 125W, ALL OUTPUT IS EXTEND TO 200W MAX.)

wow... thats some low rails... I would most definitely recommend a new powersupply.

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=301412&cks=PRL

Good and cheap, although it doesn't list details, the brand is excellent so I have no doubts about the rails.

 

[Wittin]

wow... thats some low rails... I would most definitely recommend a new powersupply.

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=301412&cks=PRL

Good and cheap, although it doesn't list details, the brand is excellent so I have no doubts about the rails.

But do you think it is the PSU causing my problems?

 

[urbanfox]

But do you think it is the PSU causing my problems?

It would explain the HDD corruption since your 12 rails are incredibly low, and that is what powers the HDD motors.