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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Ever have bad voltage on an ethernet jack on a router/switch?
So I've got a bit of an odd problem I'm trying to solve.
I have an ASUS RT-N66U router which has a desktop, xbox, and my brand new NAS directly wired into it.
Whenever I hook the brand new NAS up ...
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PSU voltage and microfreezes
A week ago, my PC started exhibiting a problem. When scrolling in a web browser or trying to game, microfreezes happen randomly.
The PSU is five years old, and some of the voltages look out-of-spec, ...
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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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Serious voltage and temperature problems
My computer has been acting up when I play games so I wanted to look into why.
Issue 1: GPU Temp
According to afterburner and speedfan my 8800GTX idles at 90 degrees and then when playing games ...
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UPS switches to battery power when plugging in devices?
Over the past week or so I've had my UPS switch over to battery power briefly when plugging in new devices (possibly limited to just AC -> DC chargers, but haven't tested anything else). I had ...
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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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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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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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Laptop charger voltage
I bought a laptop from the US. Now the part that connects from the power brick to the wall socket says 7A 125V.
Unfortunately, the end that goes into the wall socket does not fit. So I replaced the ...
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Laptop quit charging, needs new charger but which one?
I have an HP Pavilion g6-2211nr I got it about 2 years ago. This last couple of months i havent been able to use it because It stopped charging. For a while It would if i held the cable a certain way ...
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5v rails is getting 5.7v even with new PSU
I need help. I'm on my mobile typing this so i'll be word efficient. (English is not my native language and I only have a basic understanding of pc's)
What's the problem?
After the weekend I tried ...
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Should you worry about high voltage and wattage on a non-overclocked computer?
I've been wondering if I should be worried at all about high wattage or voltage on a non-overclocked computer. I say non-overclocked because when I Google search this question or something similar it ...
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CPU voltage settings set in BIOS always stay the default
Default voltage is 1.5v.It can be set to the highest setting (1.55) or even to 0.8v but the voltage always is 1.5v.
How to make it 1.55v?
Can I somehow make it higher than listed there (like 1.6v) ...
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Acer aspire battey pin diagram
I have an Acer Aspire laptop and it has a 6 cell Ar4920LR laptop battery, I need to figure out what two pins are used for charging the laptop battery. Can anyone take the battery out of anyone and ...
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1.8 VDC POWER remains on USB after SHUTDOWN (HP Compaq Pro 4300 SFF - Product ID: QZ219AV)
I am having unexpected opportunities with a USB Device failing to properly initialize on startup after a shutdown, which seems to be caused by residual power remaining on my USB Ports (after shutdown)....
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