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P4 Power supply issues

  • 08-01-2003 3:26pm
    #1
    Wavey
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,
    Just put my pc together and every thing seemed fine until i installed a prog called hardware doctor that came bundeled with my Abit Motherboard. It keeps warning me that my "3.3V input exceeds the limit". But the voltage it displays is actually less than 3.3V.

    Looking at the specs of my psu ,I saw that the voltages reguired for a P4 are provided but the Currents are higher than those required by P4.

    Anybody know anything about this?
    Any help appreciated.
    Wavey

    P4 2.0
    80Gb+30Gb Hd
    Cd RW
    GeForce 4 64Mb Ti4200
    512 ddram
    Abit MotherBoard


Comments

  • #2
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Gerry


    hardware doctor is setup with tolerances that are too strict for real world situations. Its ok for your 3.3v line to be within +- 5% of 3.3v. On a p4 machine, the cpu does not take power from this line anyway, so its not as crucial as on an athlon machine. You can alter the high and low limits to avoid the alarms. If your machine is stable, theres nothing to worry about.


  • #3
    Wavey
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Wavey


    Cheers Gerry,
    Thought I miht be deep frying my chips there for a wee while!


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