Questions tagged [voltage]
Voltage is the measure of electrical current. This tag should only be used when asking questions related to powering computers and peripheral equipment. It is not for asking about voltage issues related to the commercial supply of power to your home or office.
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Check CMOS voltage from inside OS [duplicate]
I was recently diagnosing a time drift issue for a client located in a different city.
Their workstations were having issues accessing the Windows 2019 server due to this drift.
Based on the age of ...
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Is it safe to replace a 11.25V laptop battery with 11.1V or 10.8V?
I need a replacement battery for an older laptop that originally came with an 11.25V Li-ion battery (presumably 3 cells at 3.75V each).
The batteries I found online mostly have a nominal voltage of 11....
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How many AMPs can a powered USB hub output to a 3.3V NVMe drive (USB 3.0 & 3.2 Type A)
It is my understanding that powered USB Type A 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 switches have over current control and will only output 4.5 watts around 0.900ma unless the output port is a type-c non pd port on the ...
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Can a loosely connected PSU damage a laptop?
is it a bad thing that the cable connects to the power adapter block in a laptop power supply comes loose and is left alone while the laptop is under use (as shown in the picture)? I am worried it ...
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What could be causing this erratic power/voltage behavior with USB ports on a desktop PC?
In short, I am having issues with what looks like to be power management of USB devices by my computer. I have had the following symptoms pretty much since I bought it in November 2021.
When I connect ...
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PC sometimes turns on and sometimes not with different outlets
When the Pc is plugged to an outlet and I press the on button, it will sometimes turn on. when the pc is on and goes into sleep mode, it won’t turn back on again. I tried replugging the cord to same ...
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Can I replace my 11.55 V laptop battery with 15.4 Volts
I have an HP 15-CX0056WM gaming it came with an SR03XL battery 3 cells 11.55 volts 52.5Wh
The replacement was SR04XL 4 cells 15.4 volts 54 Wh, is it okay to use it?
The vendor told me that this is the ...
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Voltage of SODIMM DDR3 slots [closed]
I found conflicting information on the
usability of a SODIMM DDR3L module, low voltage (1.35v), as a replacement for a DDR3 module (1.5v), including the mention from someone who has a computer store.
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The purpose of PSU & motherboard -12V line
Typically PSUs have -12V line rated about 0.2 - 0.5A. But for what is it used?
Is it used for example with one of the +12V lines to get total 24V?
What component or so needs that -12V or possibly 24V?
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How can I detect the USB-C power delivery voltage?
I have an HP laptop which I charge with a USB-C charger through the USB-C port. I have no idea which power delivery (PD) version it has and if it's PD-compliant at all. However, as the charging works, ...
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Laptop only boots when no internal drive is connected
TLDR: Laptop will not even boot to the BIOS menu when an internal SSD or HDD is connected, there is no visible damage on the motherboard. When booting from a sometimes working and long time taking USB ...
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Server power requirements
The computers that I’ve been exposed to only require a typical American 120 volt outlet to the PSU. From what I understand, depending on the homes electrical layout you’re limited to about 15 amps, ...
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Why is the CPU on my HP suddenly under clocked and seemingly cannot go higher?
My laptop base speed is 2.19 sometimes my FPS drop to 1.89 GHz but it be stuck on 2.19 GHz and and it use to overheat a lot which made my PC slower so I had to use a cooling pad and now it's stuck on ...
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Powering my laptop from DC to DC converter?
I use my laptop Lenovo Y700 on solar system, but much energy is wasted when converting DC power to AC and then back to DC.
So I bought a 12V DC to 20V DC converter.
Is it safe? Or may it damage my ...
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Can I use a smart socket with an input voltage of AC 120V and plug it into a 220V outlet?
Using a Smart Socket
Model SP10
Made by Teckin
It's meant for use in the USA with 120V power outlets but it is being used in the Phillipines with 220V power outlets.
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Liquid spill Keyboard & Mouse = risk for the PC?
Great Monday start with my coffee spilled on my mechanical keyboard and my mouse...
I tried soaking up as much as possible but didn’t open them up to see.
For the keyboard when I removed the keys and ...
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low voltage POST only means battery problems?
No doubt the watch battery on the motherboard long since lost its juice.
However, I'm not quite sure what error I saw on boot, I think it was before POST and I think it mentioned "low voltage&...
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Can I use a power supply with different input/output voltage for router?
I bought a Verizon g3100 router; it did not come with its external power supply. The needed cord has an input of 105-125v ~ 60Hz 1.5a and output 12v 3.5a.
I can't find exact cord anywhere but I ...
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12v from Notebook Mainboard to attach 3.5 inch HDD
I plan to build a low-budget low-power home server, mainly as a NAS.
My first Idea was to simply use a RPI 4, it has USB 3.0 and Gbit Ethernet, but I think the hardware is too slow to be fun.
For ...
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How to replace my power supply safely?
If something is powered from a 9 V and 1 A supply, you can replace it with a 9 V and 1 or more amp supply. How would one calculate if it is safe to replace it with a less voltage and less amperage ...
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12v line is showing up to 14v in BIOS (DMM reading are fine)
Purely by chance, upon rebooting, in the BIOS, I saw that 12v line was showing 13.9v, although I used the computer normally all day long.
After resetting all settings in the BIOS and reboot, nothing ...
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Laptop charger 19V 6.32A 120W Adapter as replacement for 20V 7.5A 150W [duplicate]
Is it safe to use 19V 6.32A 120W Laptop Charger / Adapter , because I lost my 20V 7.5A 150W adapter and the only one I could find locally is the 19V 6.32A 120W , currently using the laptop for Gaming ...
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Is this RAM overclocking?
I have 2 DDR4 sticks (2x16 GB) running with a 3700X Ryzen CPU with an MSI B450M Mortar Max motherboard:
one 2x16 GB Crucial rated at XMP 3200 MHz CL16 18-18-36-72 at 1,35V
one 2x16 GB rated at XMP ...
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Does the voltage supplied to a CPU differ per core?
I'm currently trying to find a range of safe voltages for CPU overclocking.
As a start, I looked at the automatic stock voltages: Without any Turbo-functions, the voltages in this case range from 0....
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Can’t Determine charger is compatible? [duplicate]
The original charger that came with my laptop:
input: 100-240v ~ 1.2A 50-60Hz
output: 19v 2.37A
The new charger that I got:
input: 100-240v ~ 2.5A 50-60Hz
output: 19.5v 4.62A
Will this charger be ...
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can i power a device with more output amperage than the device needs? [closed]
I just brought a speaker that runs on 12v power supply. So i want use it on my car.
Can i power a speaker with a car battery 12v directly?
Speaker input: 12V, 1.25A
Car battery output: 12V
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How to detect what wattage that my Windows laptop is receiving via USB-PD?
I don't know too much about USB-PD. I understood that USB-PD requires negotiation between the charger and the receiver. So probably my Windows laptop (Dell XPS 9570) should be able to know the current ...
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Is it safe to use non-genuine laptop's battery
I own an Hp pro-book 430 G2 Laptop, While I found batteries compatible with this model they weren't exactly the same. My battery is RA04XL while What I found has RA04 written on it.
Both batteries Li-...
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Why does RDIMM-type memory require less voltage from the CPU?
I have read the following:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/6068/lrdimms-rdimms-supermicros-latest-twin/2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory
https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/62658/...
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Inverter Voltage Output Measurement
I have an old notebook which the backlight is not working. In order to know the reason why, it would be interesting to measure the output voltage 'Vout' from the inverter. Unfortunately, there are ...
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