P5B Deluxe Voltage

[BradAtWork]

I have an E6600 running on a P5B Deluxe. At stock speed the voltage at load, using CPU-Z, shows around 1.2. If I overclock to 3Ghz, its shows 1.35v, and at 3.3Ghz it shows 1.4v+.

I have the voltage set to auto in the Bios, but I just though that meant the factory setting for the chips voltage.

The chip is Orthos stable at any of these speeds, so I was wondering if the board is pushing up the voltage itself?

If so, how can I tell what my chip will do at stock voltage?

Will the board keep the voltage in a safe range.

 

[imported_yes]

Are you clocking by BIOS or any tools. Also, do you have the thermal control setting turned on for safety reasons?

I have the reverse of your case(see my post). The drop is a problem for me cause my comp freezes after a long run or Orthos fails after 15mins of blend test. Maybe I should set it to Auto

 

[tersome]

Auto != Stock voltage. Most boards raise up voltage with FSB speed at auto. You need to manually set the voltage to 1.2 in BIOS.

I'd set the voltage manually in the BIOS anyways instead of letting the board handle it. I doubt the board knows what a safe range is.

 

[BradAtWork]

Yeah, overclocking by Bios. Just upping the FSB and locking in PCI and PCI-E speeds. I have 800Mhz ram, but I was hitting a FSB wall at 320 until i change Auto Config Ram (or whatever its called) to disabled.

Flashed to 1004 bios.

 

[BradAtWork]

1.2v? Is that stock for an E6600?

I'll give that a try and see what she goes to.

What's safe for these anyway, 1.45v?