Fortron 530W PSU 12v Rail at 10v?????

Caeberos · 11-27-2004, 07:23 PM

Not sure if this is the right place for this, so sorry in advance...

I desperatly need help with my Fortron 530W PSU. The 12V rail is down at 10V!!!! according to the motherboard reporting system anyway, I don't really have a multimeter, but I doubt the the reporting could be that far off. This is causing instability, and I no matter what I unplug from the 12v rail, it does not get any higher. right now all that is plugged into the 12v end is the mobo, NF7-S, an hdd, a DVD drive, GeForce 4 (not directly, through the mobo), and two fans(again throught the mobo).... WHAT IS GOING ON?????

I have had this thing for about a year now... so I think the return time is up and I am going to need it for school next week. Please don't tell me I need to replace it...

Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Cae

bigben2k · 11-27-2004, 07:30 PM

Well, if you're not going to replace it, you really ought to borrow a multimeter to find out what the real deal is.

Cranky · 11-27-2004, 08:39 PM

if your using MBM5 for a monitor, thats probally why.

Caeberos · 11-27-2004, 08:45 PM

i just replaced it with a 235 generic PSU and that seems to work well, the bios reports that at around 11.74

that is a little better than the 9.7 I was getting earlier. I was just wondering if anyone here had the same problem

11-27-2004, 07:23 PM	#1
Caeberos Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 32	Fortron 530W PSU 12v Rail at 10v????? Not sure if this is the right place for this, so sorry in advance... I desperatly need help with my Fortron 530W PSU. The 12V rail is down at 10V!!!! according to the motherboard reporting system anyway, I don't really have a multimeter, but I doubt the the reporting could be that far off. This is causing instability, and I no matter what I unplug from the 12v rail, it does not get any higher. right now all that is plugged into the 12v end is the mobo, NF7-S, an hdd, a DVD drive, GeForce 4 (not directly, through the mobo), and two fans(again throught the mobo).... WHAT IS GOING ON????? I have had this thing for about a year now... so I think the return time is up and I am going to need it for school next week. Please don't tell me I need to replace it... Thanks for any help you can provide. -Cae

11-27-2004, 07:30 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Well, if you're not going to replace it, you really ought to borrow a multimeter to find out what the real deal is. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

11-27-2004, 08:39 PM	#3
Cranky Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: texas Posts: 92	if your using MBM5 for a monitor, thats probally why.

11-27-2004, 08:45 PM	#4
Caeberos Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 32	i just replaced it with a 235 generic PSU and that seems to work well, the bios reports that at around 11.74 that is a little better than the 9.7 I was getting earlier. I was just wondering if anyone here had the same problem

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