Voltage out of range? Asus PC Probe

[Rudo]

need a some help please.

I am running Win2000 pro and have all the sevice packs installed;

I have the A8V Deluxe motherboard and recently updated my old 3500 XP CPU to the newer Operton Dual Core 170. The bios seems to recognize the Operton 170, when using Asus Probe.

But using Asus Probe, I get a warning saying that my Voltage is incorrect on the +3.3v listing. It says it's only getting 2.832v and it's not enough so I am getting the beeping sound from Asus Probe indicating a problem at that voltage.

Here are the voltage readings from Asus Probe voltage screen:

+12v getting 11.84 (no problem) Ok
+5v gettiing 5.026 (no problem) Ok
+3.3v getting 2.928 (PROBLEM) not OK
0v getting 1.374 (no problem) Ok

I get this error at the default bios settings as well as Overclocking at 10% right now running at 2200 Mhz and seems to be running solid.

How do I change the 2.928 to go to +3.3v?? so it's within the proper range?

Also my bios version is ver 08.00.09 11/14/05
I tried to update it using the A8V-ASUS-Deluxe-1017.ROM in Win2000 and it appeared to flash fine, but in Asus Probe and System Info it still says it's using the 11/15/05 bios ver 08.00.09.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

-Rudo

[Jimmy 2004]

What power supply are you using? The only way to sort out a problem like that is to get a branded power supply from someone like Antec, OCZ, or Hiper. Generic PSUs can be quite unreliable.

[Rhino666]

Guess what, it could be a software malfunction. I don't think the rig would be moving with such crappy voltage. Besides, processors eat 12v, so the CPU update shouldn't cause such a problem even if the PSU sucks.

[Rudo]

I guess it could be a software problem with Asus Probe, but it seems to report all the other info correctly.

My power supply is 450 watts. My PC builder uses the best parts available, I don't think there is any problem with it.

Can someone tell me how to adjust this voltage in the bios? So it is 3.3v instead of 2.98v?

thanks for any help you can give me.


-Rudo

[OneCool]

Confirm it by looking in your BIOS.

Also try Everest Home Edition it does a fairly good job.

[Jimmy 2004]

I guess it could be a software problem with Asus Probe, but it seems to report all the other info correctly.

My power supply is 450 watts. My PC builder uses the best parts available, I don't think there is any problem with it.

Can someone tell me how to adjust this voltage in the bios? So it is 3.3v instead of 2.98v?

thanks for any help you can give me.


-Rudo

You can't control options like this in the BIOS - you can only monitor them. The PSU should regulate its own voltages, the BIOS doesn't do that. I would double check the make of the PSU, just because someone says they use the best doesn't mean that they're being 100% truthful, or perhaps they normally think a generic PSU is sufficient (which it often is actually).