K8T Neo FSR Unusual Power Supply Problem

Hi folks! I've been using my Neo mobo for a couple years now. Recently I noticed the 3.3V line was dropping. It steadily over a week's time went from 3.3 to 2.6. At 2.6 I was getting constant artifacts and instability. Thinking of course that it was the power supply's fault, I replaced it. This one lasted two months, but just like the other, started off fine, then 3.3 slowly dropped to 2.6.
Is there anyway this can be something other than the power supply? I'm utterly confused; two power supplys shouldn't die slowy on the exact same line.
Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thx!
Edit:
Realized y'all need more info :P
athlon 64 3000+
radeon 9800pro
two harddrives
one optical
sound blaster audigy
K8T Neo FSR mobo
1st PSU: Aspire 550W, 34A on 12v and 28A on 3.3v
2nd PSU: Generic 500W, 28A on 12v and 26A on 3.3v
Edit 2: Just a note, ALL other voltages were stable. It was ONLY the 3.3v line that droped.

Quote from: Bas on 30-January-06, 05:16:17
The onlything that could cause that is bad-connection between the connectors....ergo like not pushed in far enough....
(could be because of fluids too, but I find that rather unlikely)
Both those cases seem unlikely...I know for a fact there were no fluids, and I'm 99.9% sure the cable was inserted properly. Doesn't it mean something that it was ONLY the 3.3v cables that were burned?
BTW, what makes you think it's the video card? Since it's getting power from a molex that only has 5v and 12v lines, why would it need 3.3?

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    Cool and Quiet for one. C&Q is not working from my understanding on the Semperon 64's ATM. There is also a fix shown by one other gentleman here in this forum area about removing a file that is associated with C&Q functions. CPUSlowdown or some such. I don't have a Semperon 64 so I can not confirm this though.

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