Ok Motherboard Monitor Says my -12 is at -5.79 I'm assume this is a bad thing... Can I fix it, I have a Antec True Power PSU...

Is anything not working?

My PC has been resetting with no reason sometimes.

Lets see it's an Athlon XP 1800+ underclocked to 1.1GHZ

Asus A7S333 motherboard, 512MB generic Ram, ATi Radeon 9600SE

hmm that is weird.
ive never encountered that before sorry buddy

-12V isn't used for much, if anything, on stuff i've seen but it could be resetting purely because it sees it out of tolerance. Mebbe indicative of something else wrong though. I find -12V readings are always really inaccurate on mobos too.

normally you chould give about -.5 to +.5 difference from voltages. check ya voltages with a multi meter

oh well then the search for the cause continues

Thanks for your help guys...

last edited by SD Gundam at 23:20:27 28/Oct/04

have u tested the psu?

yeah thats fine they should have -12 and -5


they do that so they can have different voltages like -12 and 5 is 17 volts and -12 and 12 is 24volt if you pc is resetting randomly i would unplug the reset button becase it could be faulty its happend to me before.

-12V isn't important, and is not used in ATX-spec.

Many modern PSU's will read strange voltages on the -12 and -5V rails.

I think my PSU (450w codegen)is about to crap itself as well. My 3.3v is getting as low as 2.9v or 2.8v

Weird thing is, I switch off, jiggle teh cables and it seems to be fine for a while

Dodgy....

a7s333 had a problems, mine had a problems with them b4

this mobo suck

<- board is Asus P4G8X Deluxe

Have you only just recently got this computer? put it together yourself?

If so, it sounds like you have a screw underneath the motherboard below the CPU screwed into the case thats shorting out the CPU. I've seen it have before and what you described reminded me of it. It may not be the problem but it might be worth checking just incase.

last edited by Nailbomb at 13:39:50 29/Oct/04

No I've had it for at least a year and a half had to get a new PSU a few months back cause it would cut out...

a7s333 had a problems, mine had a problems with them b4

It's one of the best boards I've ever had!

It may not be the problem but it might be worth checking just incase.

I've run into similar issues ages (years) ago. Just used the lil washers that ship with mobos these days front an back of mobo an have never had that prob since.

Out of curiousity, do you have any power cable extensions in your system? (ie addon power cables that attach to the original power supply cables for either length or, additionally, extra components?).