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    Voltage questions.

    I built a comp for a friend with a Biostar MB. When I turn it on it shows the voltages for +3v, -3v, +12v, -12v. I don't understand the differences and would welcome some insight, but right now they look ok except for -12v wich is reading -13.5v. Should I worry?
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    13.5 is a VERY bad reading... What kind of PSU does she have?

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    I believe it's 300w or 320w generic that came with the case. What exactly can happen from this?
    Antec True Power 430W
    Asus A7N8x Deluxe
    AMD Athalon 2500+ (Barton OC to 3200+)
    Swiftech MCX462+ with 70mm YS Tech TMD fan
    1GB 2700 DDR RAM (DUAL CHANNEL)
    (2)160 Gig Maxtor HD
    16X12X40 Pacific Digital CD-RW
    16x Lite-On DVD-ROM
    All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB
    ProVista 818.1 DVI monitor
    Optimus AMX-19
    Motorola SurfBoard
    HP psc750

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    I believe it's 300w or 320w generic that came with the case. What exactly can happen from this?
    A total meltdown taking out everything in your system!
    Get youself an Antec or Enermax and sleep peacefully. I'd get a 350 watt in either of those brands.

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    could it possibly cause problems with the secondary IDE. I ask this because when I tried making the CDROM the master on the secondary IDE the comp would not show it in my computer. I'd go into device manager and it would show an ! for the secondary IDE. I would reinstall the drivers and the problem would be fixed until I restarted the comp and would be right back where I started. I finally gave up as the friend was tired of waiting and put the CDROM as a slave on the primary IDE.
    Antec True Power 430W
    Asus A7N8x Deluxe
    AMD Athalon 2500+ (Barton OC to 3200+)
    Swiftech MCX462+ with 70mm YS Tech TMD fan
    1GB 2700 DDR RAM (DUAL CHANNEL)
    (2)160 Gig Maxtor HD
    16X12X40 Pacific Digital CD-RW
    16x Lite-On DVD-ROM
    All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB
    ProVista 818.1 DVI monitor
    Optimus AMX-19
    Motorola SurfBoard
    HP psc750

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