psu pot tweaking

[orby]

Hi all

i need to tweak the 12volt rail of my 400w sparkle is 11.61 on load
does anyone have any links or pics as to where the pot is

ive had a quick search but cant find aything

thanks in advance for any help

[Áedán]

Does the PSU have any pots in at all? If not, then you're out of luck, short of modding the PSU.

Áedán

[orby]

i was under the impression the sparkle 400 watt psu's came with the pots but am unsure as to where they would be

[Áedán]

Originally posted by orby
i was under the impression the sparkle 400 watt psu's came with the pots but am unsure as to where they would be

They would be inside the PSU box itself. This would require you to open the PSU, having disconnected it from the mains for a good interval before opening it! (at least 20mins) Be aware that there could still be high voltage inside. Yes, you'll void your warranty.

Áedán

[cloasters]

11.61v is perfectly fine, as it's well within the ideal 5% tolerance. AFAIK, tweaking one rail of a PS effects at least one of the other rails, too. Up on one will mean down on another.

[SkinnyBoy]

Originally posted by cloasters
11.61v is perfectly fine, as it's well within the ideal 5% tolerance. AFAIK, tweaking one rail of a PS effects at least one of the other rails, too. Up on one will mean down on another.

Umm... up one will mean up all of them... As far as I know, most PSUs simply use the 5volt rail to set all the voltages... Seeing as all voltages use the one transformer, adjusting the voltage will effect all the voltages, UP!!! The only way you are going to increase the 12volt will also effect the others as well... Unless, you were to put more diodes on the 5 and 3.3volt rails so the 12volts would therefore be higher with respect to the 5 and 3.3 or, if the 3.3 is low too, don't put an extra diode on that rail.... I say use a diode for the slight voltage drop.... understand?? lol

[Holst]

Are you sure its that low?

My sparkle 400 would never drop that low on 12v.

Id check with a multimeter to be sure.

[orby]

i went and bought a multimeter and its shows 11.79 (11.69 in windows) with nothing but motherboard, cpu, ram and one hdd installed

at the moment i dont use the 5v rail much as 8rga+ board

[cloasters]

You may be right about adjusting one of the voltage pots in the PS. And maybe not. I've been running an nForce(1) mainboard with an XP 1800+, two HDD's, a Burner, Floppy, a CD-ROM and a good many fans on a Sparkle 350 for six months. Sandra reports 11.31v as my 12v value. This is more than the permitted 5% deviation. Well, not much more.

No worries, it works fine. Personally, 11.61v wouldn't bother me.