[mythtv-users] Capture Card Power Requirements

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Thu Aug 20 18:06:44 UTC 2009


James Crow wrote:
> One thing that bothers me is the BIOS hardware monitor shows the 
> voltages as low:
> 12V rail -> 11.71V
> 5V rail -> 4.89V
> 3.3V rail -> 3.26V
> Vcore -> 1.36V.
> 
> I don't know if the sensors on the MB are not very sensitive (or poorly 
> calibrated) or if the voltages are indeed low. My multimeter shows the 
> voltages to be 11.97V and 5.00V.

Those voltages are within spec.  The ATX specification allows +/- 5% for 
  positive voltages and +/- 10% for negative voltages.


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