I have a 250W PSU on an
AMD XP 3000+
512mb PC2700
160GB Hard Drive
DVD-RW
CD-Rom
Modem
Sapphire ATI 9600PRO 256mb of ram
and
I was looking at Asusprobe and I noticed that the 12v rails is at 12.484v at the lowest and 12.58v highest. the 5V and 3.3 are very stable, as a matter of fact the are always at 5.026v and 3.344v.
This pc runs real hot specially when playing games because the fans never run at full speed to kill noise then when temps are over 64C they run at full speed.
Would be safe to get two 3-to-4 pin adapters with r.p.m. sensors to run the two fans straight from the PSU at full speed to improve cooling? Wouldn't this make the voltage rails specially the 12v one be even lower?
How long does it take for a PSU that is being stressed to malfunction?

Any help with this will be highly appreciated.

I've been thinking about getting a better one too in the next few months. But I realised that HP uses the 250w units no mattter how powerful the system really is. I have seen sombody with an HP pc similar to mine except it had a Sapphire ATI 9800PRO.
How long do they usually last when they are being stressed too much?

By the way. No matter what PSU I buy they fans still run at 40% speed to kill noise because of the BIOS. I'll still have to use a 3pin-to-4pin adapter to be able to run them from the PSU at full speed all the time. I got one today for the case fan and I need another one for the CPU with an R.P.M. sensor that way the pc won't shut down.
I was just asking if running the other fan from the PSU would cause more strain from the unit and maybe fry it?

I already have the case fan running straight from the power supply to help move some of that hot air in there and it seems to be stable along with all the other rails. When I'm playing fs9 the temps go up real high and all fans are working the voltages get as low as 11.4844 and even then the pc seems to be stable. Don't mean I want to keep a cheap Hipro PSU but I plan on keeping it until the warranty on the pc expires.
I'm going to try an adapter and see what happens.

BTW When I use Speedfan and manually run the CPU fan at full speed the temps go as low as 36C idle and 56 Load. Is that too bad?

thanks for the input.

I use an Antec Smartpower 350W.  It is very quiet and is incredibly stable.  Well worth the £50 asking price.

Maybe you can turn off the fan throttling in bios, or set the trigger point lower, at any rate, you aren't getting any crashes or probs, so I wouldn't worry about it, at least until the warranty expires. You make a modification now and you may VOID the warranty.

If it ain't broke..... don't fix it.

After the warranty expires, just get a new case/psu as we discussed in a previous thread.

As long as the insulation on the wiring is still on, and no bare wires are showing, it should be ok, as long as no further chafing or damage is occurring. If you wrap tape around the cuts, it will implicate you as a non- certified repairer if warranty issues arise.

That's rough Selbio. Was he drunk?

build your own or have some one put it together for you, I'm researching one that is better all around than the Aurora(Except fro video card, and I'm only short just a litle bit, barely noticable) and it's for 400 dollers less!!! I'm vary excited aout it.


and if you want to upgrade your power supply I recomend this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=63353...


With the fan control on it, it may be the solution for your dillema, and it's pretty damned cheap!

RAWK! \m/
~Hanzaki

muaahaha, when you said you had a budle computer, I automatically assumed you were new to computers 


sorry. 

rawk..... \m/
~Hanzaki