Bad VOltage Reading

[Gamingphreek]

I have my 2500+ (not mobile) OCed at 3000+. I increased my voltage to 1.8 to get there. But whenever i look in Asus PC probe or the BIOS hardware monitor it reads at 1.856. Is there something wrong witht the readings or something else. Also what is the maximum safe voltage i can put this Athlon XP at without frying something. Its cool right now but summer here in VA (my parents dont turn on AC unless its pretty hot out) i get ambient room temps at around 85F. Would it be better to leave it where it is right now or go back to a more modest OC.
-Thx
-Kevin

 

[pelikan]

The A7N8X overvolts a little. I wouldn't worry about it. You can use as much voltage as you can cool. It it will run prime95 without errors the temps are fine.

 

[someone16]

If you needed 1.8 to OC it to 3000+ it's not really worth the voltage increase. I would probably just leave it back down to default speeds. 1.85 to 1.65 will decrease the temp ALOT.

 

[MegaWorks]

for me when I increase the voltage to 1.85v in CPU-Z it indicate 1.802v I realy don't get this! maybe it's the NF7-S

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AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1

 

[pelikan]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
for me when I increase the voltage to 1.85v in CPU-Z it indicate 1.802v I realy don't get this! maybe it's the NF7-S

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AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1

I tested my NF7-S with a digital multimeter on the board's mosfets. Although mine says it undervolts vcore in software like MBM5, the board does not actually undervolt at all.

 

[myocardia]

BTW, gamingphreek, an XP2500 running at 11x200 is the equivalent of an XP3200. You just got a speed bump, and didn't even have to go into the bios.

 

[Gamingphreek]

!?!? Huh. Im not running at 11x200 i cant without increasing voltage more or otherwise everything is unstable. Im running at 10.5x200 (3000+ according to my Asus board). I would like to put it a bit higher but my voltages are very high.
-Kevin

 

[JBT]

A7N8X's overvolt so thats why it is .5 highier. It is the same for my board. When my voltage is set to 1.725 is ussually runs around 1.76-1.74. I don't remember what its voltage is at 1.8 but I don't really need to use it so.

BTW what is your Vdimm? you can try increaseing that, I know vdimm is for memory but i've seen weirder things help OC's.

Also what Bios are you running? If you want higier over clocks go toNForcersHQ and flash the bios to the UBER 1004, which is spose to be the most OC friendly. Many have increased thier OC's with this.