Guys,
First question - how does Digi+ Power Phase Control influence power drawn on 12V, 5V and 3.3V rails?
Question origin - I'm having an odd problem (=> longish explanation
😞 ) with my build (below).
Symptoms:
- One drive (HDD 3.5" or BD) - problem does not appear regardless of BIOS settings
- DIgi+ PPC auto/optimized => Q-Code 55 Memory not initialized at startup and resume from standby. Disappears after reset.
- Digi+ PPC Standard => all works fine.
Already checked memory, connections, re-seated CPU, etc. etc. - seems Digi+ Power Phase Control is somewhat problematic.
Possible cause (IMO):
- PSU defective?
- PSU with not enough amperage on low rails (I'm sure 12V should be enough - PSU has 3 12V rails and I use all: 1 - MB, 2 - B + 2.5" HDD + SSD, 3 - HDDs)?
- MB defective - too much power drawn from low rails?
Seems clearly there might be problem with 5V rail (12V uses separate rail for SATA and MB) as detaching BD or HDD solves problem.
Second question: could you advise what is your opinion on the build (especially if PSU has enough capacity).
Asus Maximus V Gene - BIOS 1309.
Modu87+ 500W Gold (important - 100W on 5V + 3,3V rails)
Intel i7-2600K stock 3.4GHz, overclocking to 3.8 does not change behavior
Akasa Apache 120mm Fan + Prolimatech Samuel 17
4x Samsung Green 30nm 1.35V (before 2x2GB OZC Platinum 1333MHz low voltage)
2xWD10EADS - 1TB Green HDD Western Digital
2x Scythe Kazu Jyu HDD fan
1xSSD Samsung 830 120GB
1xHDD 5400 RPM Hitachi
1xLite-On iHBS212 Blu-Ray RW.
3x Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra
Case:
Moneual Moncaso 320 (If you ask - yes all those things fit inside
🙂 - simultaneously.