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Voltages are wacky?

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By Joshyy
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So a couple of days ago I loaded up HWmonitor to find my voltages had dropped, from the usual 12V to 11.1V and the 3.3V was up to 3.5V, (5V was at 5.01V) I turned the system off, cautiously loaded it into windows and then ran Furmark and Prime95 at the same time and the voltages were all stable around 11.9 and 3.25V.

 

So I didn't think much of it, however the next day, I checked again and to my surprise, 11.4V and 3.6V, once again I turned the system off and ran Furmark and Prime95 again, 11.8V and 3.3V and it's been happening pretty much every day since.

 

I'm very confused, I don't think it's my PSU, Is it a problem with the sensors on my motherboard? I'm really unsure. Does anyone have any suggestions to what it could be?

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k @ 4.7 1.3v  with a Corsair H80 w/Dual SP120s - Motherboard: MSI Z97 gaming 5 - RAM: 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaws X @ 1600 - GPU: Dual PowerColour R9 290- SSD: Samsung NVME SM951 256GB-- PSU: Corsair RM 1000  - Case: NZXT H440 Black/red - Keyboard: Coolermaster CM storm Quickfire TK, Cherry MX blues - Mouse: Logitech G502 - Heaphones: Beyerdynamic DT 770 - Monitors: 3x VE248H Eyefinity 1080P -  Phone: iPhone 6S Plus               Please post your specifications in your post, signature or even better, system page on your profile!

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Next time this happens don't restart and run Furmark and P95.

 

 

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Next time this happens don't restart and run Furmark and P95.

 

Just did it, Voltages did not change. (0.1V or so) however about a minute after I stopped all the tests I locked up and had real trouble getting my PC to boot (GPU fan would max out)

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k @ 4.7 1.3v  with a Corsair H80 w/Dual SP120s - Motherboard: MSI Z97 gaming 5 - RAM: 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaws X @ 1600 - GPU: Dual PowerColour R9 290- SSD: Samsung NVME SM951 256GB-- PSU: Corsair RM 1000  - Case: NZXT H440 Black/red - Keyboard: Coolermaster CM storm Quickfire TK, Cherry MX blues - Mouse: Logitech G502 - Heaphones: Beyerdynamic DT 770 - Monitors: 3x VE248H Eyefinity 1080P -  Phone: iPhone 6S Plus               Please post your specifications in your post, signature or even better, system page on your profile!

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That escalated quickly, GPU is refusing to work/crashing within seconds now, Either my GPU has been killed or my PSU is faulty (Running on onboard at the moment)

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k @ 4.7 1.3v  with a Corsair H80 w/Dual SP120s - Motherboard: MSI Z97 gaming 5 - RAM: 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaws X @ 1600 - GPU: Dual PowerColour R9 290- SSD: Samsung NVME SM951 256GB-- PSU: Corsair RM 1000  - Case: NZXT H440 Black/red - Keyboard: Coolermaster CM storm Quickfire TK, Cherry MX blues - Mouse: Logitech G502 - Heaphones: Beyerdynamic DT 770 - Monitors: 3x VE248H Eyefinity 1080P -  Phone: iPhone 6S Plus               Please post your specifications in your post, signature or even better, system page on your profile!

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Novatech, so a OCZ rebrand while OCZ is a good company that might be your problem I hope your GPU isn't fried. TBH I have no clue :S I suggest testing with another PSU I guess.

 

 

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It's most likely a PSU problem.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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