ChoPPerNZ Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Hi all, i recently had an expensive Asus Rampage IV BlackEdition motherboard and 4930k cpu die on me luckily my supplier replaced them with new parts, i have no idea what caused this and would like to rule out my 3 year old AX1200w psu being the culprit, Looking at readings from HWiNFO> +5v=4.960, +3.3v=3.280v, +12v=12.096 (goes down to 12.000 when idle) are those reading accurate enough? being only software readings. Any opinions/help would be very much appreciated thanks;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 HWINFO is not neccessarily accurate. Best way to make sure the PSU is the culprit would be to test with a DMM (Digital MultiMeter) However, those readings aren't bad at all. If those are accurate, then you should be fine. Although the 5v rail looks a little low. Is that under load or at idle? Also, if you could supply more information like how it died might help diagnose the issue. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoPPerNZ Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 HWINFO is not neccessarily accurate. Best way to make sure the PSU is the culprit would be to test with a DMM (Digital MultiMeter) However, those readings aren't bad at all. If those are accurate, then you should be fine. Although the 5v rail looks a little low. Is that under load or at idle? Also, if you could supply more information like how it died might help diagnose the issue. :) Hi thanks for responding the 5v rail does not seem to move same at idle and load. Unfortunately i don't have access to a DMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 You can get some relatively cheap. I found one at a local pawn shop for 10 bucks and it works like a dream. You could also get one on amazon. There is currently a unit that is only 20 bucks that is highly rated. I would suggest getting one regardless because they are very handy for expensive boards like the RIVEBE to make sure your voltages are all in check under load. What was going on when your board/CPU stopped working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoPPerNZ Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 I was benchmarking with a mild oc of 4300mhz and during the first run of 3dmark11 the system blue-screened and froze so i restarted and the system would power up for a few seconds and shutdown then start-up again over and over, could not even access the bios. Both motherboard and cpu were dead and replaced with new by my supplier, The motherboard was showing a code00 (cpu problem) and a red cpu warning led was on, since my replacement parts everything has been working fine except higher volts on the cpu but that's probably just the cpu lottery...? Just hoping its not an issue with my psu and won,t happen again at a later date as i can,t afford a replacement right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Depends on your voltages and your voltage settings. I'm not too familiar with that board as I haven't used it, but could you go a little more in depth about your cooling solution/voltage settings? It is possible that you might have screwed up a setting and it ended up pushing a lot more volts than you thought it was going to. I ended up doing that with my other 3930k and accidentally ran 1.75v through it. :P If I would had my DMM plugged in... I wouldn't have been gaming on 1.75v and severely degraded my chip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoPPerNZ Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Depends on your voltages and your voltage settings. I'm not too familiar with that board as I haven't used it, but could you go a little more in depth about your cooling solution/voltage settings? It is possible that you might have screwed up a setting and it ended up pushing a lot more volts than you thought it was going to. I ended up doing that with my other 3930k and accidentally ran 1.75v through it. :P If I would had my DMM plugged in... I wouldn't have been gaming on 1.75v and severely degraded my chip... Wow 1.75!! was only using 1.312v in offset mode -0.005v was trying to get my vcore as low as possible, all my system temps seemed normal for my Corsair H110 AIO cooler temps never went over 60c, bottom vidcard was around 50-55c and top card 60-65c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Unless you just had the worst luck in the world, I don't think it was the motherboard or CPU... However, that did happen to me with similar volts with a MSI Z87 G45 and 4670k. I was only using 1.295v and the motherboard and CPU both just died. Hopefully it was just the worst luck in the world and it'll all be in the past. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoPPerNZ Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Unless you just had the worst luck in the world, I don't think it was the motherboard or CPU... However, that did happen to me with similar volts with a MSI Z87 G45 and 4670k. I was only using 1.295v and the motherboard and CPU both just died. Hopefully it was just the worst luck in the world and it'll all be in the past. :) Cheers mate for your input, I got a tax refund due so might treat myself to a new PSU (just in case), sell or keep the AX as a backup oh and get a DMM:o: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Glad I could help!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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