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p8baller07
well i am on my other slow 1.3ghz backup rig while i install XP pro in my main rig...anyway 13.32 is what i am at, which seems kind of high what are the risks of it running this high?
Raptor
is this your vcore? or what volt are you telling us?
exeter_acres
Umm...I'm going to step off the deep end here and just Guess..that 13 or so volts is not a vCore tongue.gif

as for the 12v rail.... that does seem a bit off.....what are you measuring it with?
Do you have a multimeter available to measure with?
p8baller07
From Asusprobe... I do have a multimeter..
exeter_acres
have you tried measuring with the multimeter... either through a molex or on the board (not a clue where to measure on the board.....)
SkullZ
is there like any danger of undervolting cuz after a couple of mintues my +12volt line goes to 11.49, i just wanna know whats dangerous
p8baller07
QUOTE (SkullZ @ May 28 2004, 10:41 PM)
is there like any danger of undervolting cuz after a couple of mintues my +12volt line goes to 11.49, i just wanna know whats dangerous

I assume the worst that could happen is your PC doesnt get enough power and turns off, thats the worst that could happen from undervolting.

And if +12volt is for molex connects. (CD drives fans ECT)

I couldnt careless if its overvolted, CD drives have resistores in them that wont let given ammout of volts get in same with HD's, fans...well just spin faster, which i dont mind
ArrancaCabeza
I got an Asus a7v266-e. I installed the asus probe software. itīs voltage monitor displays 4 voltages; they are :
+12v
+5v
+3.3v
VCore

what are these? what are their funtions? why is that important to be monitored?
My answers for this questions is..."I dont know".

What i know from these is that Asusīs software is bothering (warning) me each time any of these voltages changes around 1.9v the sistem will CRASH. Yes!! the system will CRAAAAAASSSSHHHHH!!!!!. It freeze and wont response.

So, thatīs why I got an X10 headache. Without solving this problem I canīt OC with my current MB. Asus seem not to be the best brand for OC. There are other MB that their +12v vary less than 1.0v. My system is running at 13.5xxv witch is very dangerous for me.

On the a7v266-e you can change the Vcore by jumper and by bios, I already tried all of them. As high I set it, the system will crash faster.

I will want to see if someone can give me a comment.
IUMaestro
do you think that maybe because you are trying to set it as high as possible.. that that might be your crash? i'm not sure what you are asking, but try default settings... i dunno. what do you mean man?
oralpain
Voltage problems are more likely the PSU's problem, not the motherboard. The voltages should be as close as possible to what they are ratted for. Any more than a 10% deviation is useually asking for trouble in the long term. Low voltages can casue restarts, stability problems, and possibly data corruption. Very high voltages can casue extra heat and possibly damage mosfets, capacitors, and other components. Use a multimeter to test the voltages coming out of the PSU, it will be muchmore acurate than what the bios/software tells you.
airman
well...just so you know, i think the asus readings can be off, so just get a multimeter and check it from there.

also...12v should stay no lower than 11.5v and 12.4v. if it's gone to high, you could shorten the life of your products.
ArrancaCabeza
I have already emailed to the motherboard manufacture (asus) about my problem. what I got is a very long email as replay. In their reply, it is more likely as a problem-search-guide, but Im sure that it were an autoreply system the are running. I guess they only got an slight idea about what is happening to my system and they gather any related topic and mail it to me. sad.gif

Oralpain could be right; it can be an PSU issue. On Asusīs reply, it got the following lines:

"Please check to make sure your power supply can provide enough power for your system. We recommend using power supplies that can provide these output levels:

300-Watt Power Supply
+5 Volts @ 28-32 Amps, +12 Volts @ 10-13 Amps, +3.3 Volts @ 24-28 Amps"

Here are the voltge which the Asus Probe is monitoring; +5v, +12v, and +3.3v. However, I dont know how to use this information. sad.gif

I come up with the idea of lower the vcore since on a higher vcore the system become very unstable. I managed to set a vcore of 1.3v; with this vcore, I can watch around 10 to 15 minutes of hard-compressed divx video. But asus probe is still bothering me about the +12v core.

A side the stability gained, the +12v is varing around the 10%, which mean that Im still over the +13.3xxxv.

Now, Im wondering if I can place a resistence on the +12v cable of the PSU so that I can regulate the +12v core.
airman
it's not the motherboard...it's the power supply. don't send a long letter to asus when it's not their fault.

contact the maker of the power supply, and btw, get a better psu than 300w. you can do better.
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