What you are saying makes sense, but may be due to the design specs
of the particular PS you are using, and their degree of regulation when
operated outside normal loads...
FWIW: My BIOS reports "exactly" the same when it is running all
by itself or reguardless of what is hooked up.
I had (~~)everything(~~) unhooked yesterday morning looking for a
problem, so this is not something buried in my memory, or I did not
"just" see... And, as always, YMMV...
I consider a PS that can regulate the voltages under "odd" conditions
to be far better than one that only regulates when everything is normal...
If a PS spikes voltages when something is wrong, then it would seem
likely capable/able to burn out additional parts when "something" is wrong...
There is no way to prove that, other than some people tell tales of
a single problem, and others report everything burned out at once.
Niether proves much, but I never considered regulation as a factor
in all that since mine seem to be regulated quite well...
I always wondered how good some of these cases/PS for $30
could possibly be. I am not saying you use them BTW, but hearing
your story, I would like to heard what you use as the PS at least...
Mine are the Antec "smart ones", and I always get them as part of
a fairly decent case.
Rick Glazier
From: "Chuck Andrews" >
In bare bones runs, (motherboard, CPU, memory and video card in a case) I
have seen crazy voltages and temperatures in Setup. Others have said we can
not pay much attention to readings in the BIOS. Factor in the fact that you
do not have the load of common hardware such as a hard drive and CD/DVD
devices and the operating system running, can we really expect accurate
readings?
Going by my personal experience, my voltages and temperature problems
disappear once the computer is running in normal mode with its operating
system loaded.
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