Incorrect Voltage reading?

[soup006]

The BIOS lists the 12V voltage as 12.03V but speedfan and motherboard monitor have it at around 11.5V. Should I just believe the BIOS? The power supply is 480w with 28A on the 12V rail. I only have one 6800gs video card. The motherboard is an Abit KN8 SLI. I have one hard drive, one floppy, and one dvdrw drive.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, Get one more software program to read voltages. The two that agree are the ones that are correct. 12.03 is great. Plus or Minus 5% is also great. Good Luck, Jim


Edit: The guys are saying to use a multimeter. Good idea but make sure it's a DIGITAL Multimeter. Jim

 

[chocoruacal]

Originally posted by: JimPhelpsMI
Hi, Get one more software program to read voltages. The two that agree are the ones that are correct. 12.03 is great. Plus or Minus 5% is also great. Good Luck, Jim

LOL...sure. Or you could buy a multimeter and see what the actual voltage is :roll:

 

[furballi]

Check the voltage at the molex plug using a multimeter. A good PSU will keep the 12VDC rail at 12.0V+/-0.1 under ANY load.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Definitely use a MM, as accurate as you can get