What parts of a typical motherboard uses the -5V?

I just replaced an old power supply with an Antec EA380, and the
-5V rose to -6.17V. Is it dangerous though the system became
a bit more stable?

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:

> What parts of a typical motherboard uses the -5V?

None.

> I just replaced an old power supply with an Antec EA380, and the
> -5V rose to -6.17V.

It rose to a lower value???

> Is it dangerous though the system became a bit more stable?

Only if your system uses the oldest types of 16Kbit DRAM chips or has
an ISA, EISA, or VESA bus slot with a card plugged into it that uses
-5V for chip bias or an analog output. I doubt -5V is connected
anywhere in any contemporary motherboard; the newest ones that may
support it are some MSI or Supermicro oddball Pentium4 models with ISA
slots.

>> I just replaced an old power supply with an Antec EA380, and the
>> -5V rose to -6.17V.
>
> It rose to a lower value???

Rising low...

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On Dec 28, 8:02 am, "Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)"
<toylet.toy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I just replaced an old power supply with an Antec EA380, and the
> >> -5V rose to -6.17V.
>
> > It rose to a lower value???
>
> Rising low...
>

3.3 became defacto as die technology shifted smaller and efficiency
rose.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:19:53 -0800, Flasherly rearranged some electrons to
say:

> On Dec 28, 8:02 am, "Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)"
> <toylet.toy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I just replaced an old power supply with an Antec EA380, and the -5V
>> >> rose to -6.17V.
>>
>> > It rose to a lower value???
>>
>> Rising low...
>>
>>
> 3.3 became defacto as die technology shifted smaller and efficiency
> rose.

Ah, no, he's talking about the negative 5 volt supply (which has nothing
to do with the shift from +5V logic to 3.3V logic).