P5K-E giving my cpu more voltage then it needs
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Karmeck




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Location: Sweden
PostPosted: Wed, 28th May 2008 12:57    Post subject: P5K-E giving my cpu more voltage then it needs
I just got this motherboard with my e8400. The problem is that my cpu get to high voltage, my voltage is at 1.2250 compared to some other guy that have 1.1750 and niter of us have over clocked the cpu. I how ever have 5mhz more them him showing up. I have the latest bios as of today. I tested to edit the voltage in bios to 1.1750 but then i got back in to xp it show that it was still on 1.2250.

My voltage
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His voltage
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This make my cpu hotter then it should be so would be glad to have it fixed.
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fwb73




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Location: sheffield, england
PostPosted: Wed, 28th May 2008 19:44    Post subject:
dont rely on windows programs for accurate voltage readouts particularly for cpu voltage. check in bios, or google which win prog gives accurate voltage for ur motherboard. might be worth trying everest, for my mb this gives closest reading to bios voltage


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swingman




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PostPosted: Wed, 28th May 2008 21:16    Post subject:
What he ^^ said.

Plus it could be just a simple thing as your particular cpu requiring more voltage for a given frequency because each cpu has different tolerances. And as long as it's within the limits I don't think you should be worrying about it. And besides you should be looking at temps to check if it is indeed overheating.
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s_hole




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PostPosted: Wed, 28th May 2008 22:58    Post subject:
also, specs like voltage and temp can vary across chip revisions, that most hardware info programs won't even tell you
i have the exact same mobo btw Smile
there was some talk on asus boards that it didn't show the voltage right on earlier bios revisions
check the asus messageboards and update the bios if you feel like it (but DON'T use the windows bios update tool.. it will destroy your board)

ofcourse you can force the voltage from bios to your desired setting, but you should know what you're doing then
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