Looking for a program to test my PSU

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 6, 2007

i have been working on an issue with my graphics. 3d graphics flickering/studdering. we have come to the conclusion that it might be my power supply.. i need to find a program either to monitor and or stress test it..thanks

Demos_sav · Jul 6, 2007

I am not very sure but I beleive there is NO such program. The only way to test your PSU is using hardware.

I found this http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/misc/a2358/a2358.asp

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 6, 2007

Demos_sav said:
I am not very sure but I beleive there is NO such program. The only way to test your PSU is using hardware.

I found this http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/misc/a2358/a2358.asp

thanks. i am looking online right now and most of the programs i am finding just monitor or show the current voltage readings

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 6, 2007

could someone check out my pc specs and tell if i could be under powering or boarder line. i do have a lot of things in my tower

Dippyskoodlez · Jul 6, 2007

JUGGERNUTZ said:
could someone check out my pc specs and tell if i could be under powering or boarder line. i do have a lot of things in my tower

650 should be fine, but no theres no way to software test your PSU.

You need to read the lines directly.

von kain · Jul 6, 2007

well i don't know a program to test but you can find the voltage you are gonna need on
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 6, 2007

von kain said:
well i don't know a program to test but you can find the voltage you are gonna need on
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

nice link

von kain · Jul 7, 2007

you are welcome

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

von kain said:
you are welcome

for what i have in my pc, it says i only need 575 watts. but i have this flicker/studder. i have replaced everything except my PSU and my HDD. could there be a defect in my PSU to cause this problem?

Tatty_Two · Jul 7, 2007

JUGGERNUTZ said:
i have been working on an issue with my graphics. 3d graphics flickering/studdering. we have come to the conclusion that it might be my power supply.. i need to find a program either to monitor and or stress test it..thanks

I would suggest seeing as there is no ideal solution, one way to help, download speedfan if you dont have it, it tends to be pretty accurate with 3/5/12 volt rail info, run ATI tools 3D artifact scanner at the same time speedfan is open, the aretifact scanner is known to be one of the most denmanding 3D app around, if you like you could also run a background proggie to really stress, check your rails, if one or more of them go constantly below say 11.85 on the +12V, and so on and so forth then thats probably your problem, post the results so we can see.

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Tatty_One said:
I would suggest seeing as there is no ideal solution, one way to help, download speedfan if you dont have it, it tends to be pretty accurate with 3/5/12 volt rail info, run ATI tools 3D artifact scanner at the same time speedfan is open, the aretifact scanner is known to be one of the most denmanding 3D app around, if you like you could also run a background proggie to really stress, check your rails, if one or more of them go constantly below say 11.85 on the +12V, and so on and so forth then thats probably your problem, post the results so we can see.

thanks very nice. i give it a go :rockout:

Tatty_Two · Jul 7, 2007

JUGGERNUTZ said:
thanks very nice. i give it a go

Always a pleasure!

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Tatty_One said:
Always a pleasure!

speedfan, very nice programe. everything is right there... so far just running the atitool the lowest drop in the +12v is to 12.08.. ill turn up the juice.. ill run ntune stress test in the back ground

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

ok here are my results for about 15 min. of test

Tatty_Two · Jul 7, 2007

JUGGERNUTZ said:
ok here are my results for about 15 min. of test

hmmm that looks fine to me.....where is your 5V rail info?

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Tatty_One said:
hmmm that looks fine to me.....where is your 5V rail info?

where do i find that

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

check this screeen shot. i stress tested it still running atitool and speed fan with 3dmark06 running. oh n ot to bad a score either i think with all stock settings!

Kursah · Jul 7, 2007

Take a pic of speedfan before stressing your PC, then use ATI Tool's fuzzy cube and take a pic afterwards, what are the differences?

That is a nice score, my x1950pro OC'd get's about 5400's in 3dMark06, but it still does great for me! Those cards are great for sure!

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Kursah said:
Take a pic of speedfan before stressing your PC, then use ATI Tool's fuzzy cube and take a pic afterwards, what are the differences?

That is a nice score, my x1950pro OC'd get's about 5400's in 3dMark06, but it still does great for me! Those cards are great for sure!

the results before and after are about the same. the max on my +12v. is 12.20 idle

Kursah · Jul 7, 2007

That's pretty stable, I'd say if it was changing by .10 or more then there might be a problem, but a couple hundredths shouldn't hurt anything.

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Kursah said:
That's pretty stable, I'd say if it was changing by .10 or more then there might be a problem, but a couple hundredths shouldn't hurt anything.

the lowest it went down was to 12.08v

Kursah · Jul 7, 2007

Well that is a droop, but it's still above 12.0v so I don't know how much it would be worth worrying about. Hard saying if the PSU is the culprit of your stuttering issue or not. Has it stuttered lately? Do these tests when it is and see what you get. There may be something there...

JUGGERNUTZ · Jul 7, 2007

Kursah said:
Well that is a droop, but it's still above 12.0v so I don't know how much it would be worth worrying about. Hard saying if the PSU is the culprit of your stuttering issue or not. Has it stuttered lately? Do these tests when it is and see what you get. There may be something there...

after all the tests i was running, it started to studder about half as much. i dont get it. like right now it is not studdering at all. i do agree, i need to run these test while it is studdering.. as far as the PSU. i think that i have plenty of power. i ran the extreme power supply calculator and it says with my set up all i need to run it is 482watts...
side note.... i talked to gigabyte tonight and they are sending my MOBO back. they side that the only problem they found with the MOBO was that there was a falty bios casueing no boot up.. anyways cant wait to get my MOBO back. it is a very sweet board..have a good weekend. off to play S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Dippyskoodlez · Jul 7, 2007

Kursah said:
That's pretty stable, I'd say if it was changing by .10 or more then there might be a problem, but a couple hundredths shouldn't hurt anything.

Fluctuation isn't a problem until around 11.5v on a high stress system so its definatly fine.

A struggling PSU will give you BSOD's and restarts, not flickers.

What "stuttering"?

Like pause......... play........ pause.... play?

Thats either heat or GPU drivers. Most likely GPU heat. Some Ti4200's did this with >42.xx detonators.

Kursah · Jul 7, 2007

He said it's kind of a flicker/stutter if I recall. But maybe you can help in this issue, I've had him check a lot of things out, and haven't found anything out that could be the cause...

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Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5
Cooling	Zalman 9700LED CPU Cooler/3 120mm,1 200mm case fans
Memory	4 GIGS Corsair XMS2 ddr2-800, 5-4-3-16-21T
Video Card(s)	BFG GEFORCE 8800 GTX OC2
Storage	150 GIG WD RAPTOR/ 250 GIG WD SATA
Display(s)	SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 204b
Case	ANTEC 900
Power Supply	Cooler Master real power pro 850 watt
Software	XP PRO X64

Processor	AMD ATHLON 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GIG Windsor core(Now OCed 3.1)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5
Cooling	Zalman 9700LED CPU Cooler/3 120mm,1 200mm case fans
Memory	4 GIGS Corsair XMS2 ddr2-800, 5-4-3-16-21T
Video Card(s)	BFG GEFORCE 8800 GTX OC2
Storage	150 GIG WD RAPTOR/ 250 GIG WD SATA
Display(s)	SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 204b
Case	ANTEC 900
Power Supply	Cooler Master real power pro 850 watt
Software	XP PRO X64

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