CPU-Z Claims my 805 is running at 2.6v...

[Woodchuck2000]

Okay, I'm running a Pentium D 805, completely stock, on a crappy ASROCK 775-TwinsHDTV (until I can afford a nice mobo and 2Gb of DDR2, anyway).

I bought it new and plan to overclock in the future once the rest of the system is up to it. Having heard good things about the B0 revision, I thought I'd get CPU-Z to tell me what I have. Turns out I do have a B0 chip - good for the future!

However, I did notice that the VCore reading was about 2.6v - this seems impossibly high to me, especially since everything is on factory settings. Given that the default VCore is about 1.3v, is it possible that CPU-Z is over-reading somehow? Wouldn't 2.6v fry an 805 if that were the actual voltage?

 

[R3LIC]

don't worry about it. CPU-Z says my opteron 146 @ 2.4GHz is at .03v

 

[buzzsaw13]

I'm thinking its reading voltage being fed to both cores 1.3V x 2=2.6V

 

[Lonyo]

If it was 2.6v you wouldn't have a CPU.
The THG article on overclocking their 805 also said the voltage wasn't reported correctly, so it's not unusual that it's wrong.

 

[zephyrprime]

Apparently, it reports 2x the real voltage.

 

[F1shF4t]

If it was at 2.6volts, ur cpu would instantly die the minute u turned it on, lol the chip would let the smoke out

 

[krotchy]

yeah, double voltage most likely would result in a smoking bubling chip, and sicne its 2x the normal voltage, id say its reporting 2x voltage cuz it has 2x cores.

 

[Acanthus]

Its just a bad reading, no worries.

 

[Amaroque]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
I'm thinking its reading voltage being fed to both cores 1.3V x 2=2.6V

I'd have to concur. That would be the only plausible answer.

2.6v would smoke your CPU. :sun:

 

[letdown427]

Try looking at the options in the BIOS to see if you have a set it at 1.3v options. Try setting it at 1.35 or 1.4, and see if it is again doubled i CPU-Z. Then you have your answer. And yeah, 2.6V, you'd hear it frying/bubbling once you turned it on.

 

[dguy6789]

I have the same issue. CPU Z reports my cpu voltage as anywhere between 2.7 volts and 3.9 volts. I also used to think that it was simply reading it x2, however being in the upper 3.x has shown that that hypothesis is likely incorrect. CPU Z simply doesn't read the voltage correctly.