Bboy Satch Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 Well i hear people say with flucuating Vcores its either a low wattage power supply or its an Asus mobo. I dunno why its flucuating this bad though, From 1.550-1.600 and just keeps going nuts. Is this bad or its normal?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 is your computer prime stable? if it is nothing to worry about if it isn't then get back to us but if it makes you feel any better my processor fluctuates between 1.8 and 1.85 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Threaded Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 I have the same thing on my P4C800-DLX, 1.55-1.62v idle, 1.52v load. It's just something most 865-875 boards do, but Asus is worse. My computer is still very stable, no crashes or errors. I know for a fact that it's the board and not my PSU, since it's a Tt 420w, all of my rails are fine except the v-core. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackRussell Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 first off, before you OC any further, ditch the stock cooling. Assuming your vcore is at 1.575, then that's normal. Nothing to worry about. Within 5% is fine. 350W PS But as for your psu, what brand? As long as you're not overloading the psu with lots of components, then it's not about the watts, but about the stability of the power supply. A good psu is responsive to constantly fluctuating demands on power. Everytime you hear the "scratch scratch" from the hd for instance there's a rapid change in demand on power... the psu should be able to accomodate to that rapidly while at the same time keeping other rails stable with small dips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangar Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 There is a mod to fix that. Seems the higher you push it the worse its gets. I agree that if its stable and you aren't O/C'ing any farther, live with it. Although if you at a high 1.8v and getting fluctuations, I would be worried you could be hurting your chip. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 There is a mod to fix that. Seems the higher you push it the worse its gets. I agree that if its stable and you aren't O/C'ing any farther, live with it. Although if you at a high 1.8v and getting fluctuations, I would be worried you could be hurting your chip. aaaaahhhh don't say that!!!! *strokes his mobile it's ok he didn't mean it* no but seriously what is this mod you talk of cos i fluctuate an i kno it aint my psu but i do kno my board overvolts like crazy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 aaaaahhhh don't say that!!!! *strokes his mobile it's ok he didn't mean it* no but seriously what is this mod you talk of cos i fluctuate an i kno it aint my psu but i do kno my board overvolts like crazy The vcore problem is only on 865/875 chipsets. It doesn't affect AMD chips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 *wipes sweat off brow* so any way back on topic bboy is your computer prime stable? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bboy Satch Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 (edited) my PSU doesn't really power up anything. 2 cdroms, 1 harddrive, geforce 5700 ultra, and P4 2.4B thats it. And if the Vcore problem is only in those chipsets, im fine then even with the Kingwin PSU i have?I ran Prime 95 for an hour and its ok:) i have other things to do then wait. Edited May 2, 2004 by Bboy Satch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 (edited) http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...highlight=Droop Theres the drop mod for the P4C800 Deluxe, but says its for several Asus boards my board fluctuates bad I can have it on 1.675 setting and it will be putting out over 1.8vcore idle it goes down under a load though, I have not worried about mine done away with the vdimm mod and never done the drop mod just set the vcore on 1.625 and then it only reads about 1.75 and underclocked it to a little less than 3.7ghz and let it fold 24/7 2 ver. of folding for months now, but I would get some better cooling, and a good name brand power supply, I will not run anything less than a 300 watt even on a stock amd 2200+ folding 24/7 this is on the 1.675 volt setting and look at what cpuz says Edited May 2, 2004 by road-runner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackRussell Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 im fine then even with the Kingwin PSU i have? I'm not familiar with Kingwin, but looks like Kingwin cators to OC'ing (from the looks of the website). I list my psu brand and model in my siggy coz it's a relavent statistic to OC'ing. And doesn't look like you're overloading it... unless there are 20x 5000rpm case fans you failed to mention Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bboy Satch Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 zero fans Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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