Overvolting

[PIMPBOT5000]

My Asus P4PE/L seems to have the problem of overvolting my cpu.

I have a P4 2.8GHz @ 3.00GHz @ 1.525V set in bios, however in Asus Probe it reports the VCore @ 1.6V.

Is there any way to fix the problem, or is Asus Probe just incorrect?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

its just asus continueing their tradtion of overvolting

just dont go over 1.7v for the actual voltage reported by probe

 

[PIMPBOT5000]

Thx, You would think that they would fix that problem.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: PIMPBOT5000
Thx, You would think that they would fix that problem.

if you also notice, on most asus boards, the cpu fsb will be overclocked a bit to begin with (usually at most 1mhz)...perhaps asus does that on purpose (the overvolting) to make sure their 1mhz oc is stable lol

 

[PIMPBOT5000]

Ha Ha!

What a great marketing ploy!!!

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

It would seem to be a voltage signal strength issue for Asus. While idle, the cpu will overvolt an average of 0.6-0.7V, but it should stabilize under load to whatever you set it to in the BIOS.