Soyo P4S Dragon voltage and cold boot questions

[ogn]

My P4S Dragon voltage readings are off. I've selected 1.65 in the bios but MBM is reading 1.57. Also at defaults, the bios reads between 1.4 and 1.47. Which one is correct. I have a little instability overclocking but don't want to up the voltage higher than 1.65, so I want to know which reading should I trust...the voltage selection or the monitor?
Also I have problems cold booting. I'm running AA2 bios. Does the AA3 bios fix this issue? It's rather odd. I set the FSB to 133 and 1.625V and it won't boot right off. Pressing DEL while booting, makes it go to 132FSB and it boots. I set the FSB to 134 and 1.625V and it won't boot either. Pressing DEL while booting makes it go to 133FSB and it boots. Obviously it can boot at 133FSB, but doesn't. Anyone have any ideas on what's going on and how to get it to cold boot consistently?

 

[InterTech]

<< My P4S Dragon voltage readings are off. I've selected 1.65 in the bios but MBM is reading 1.57. Also at defaults, the bios reads between 1.4 and 1.47. Which one is correct. I have a little instability overclocking but don't want to up the voltage higher than 1.65, so I want to know which reading should I trust...the voltage selection or the monitor?
Also I have problems cold booting. I'm running AA2 bios. Does the AA3 bios fix this issue? It's rather odd. I set the FSB to 133 and 1.625V and it won't boot right off. Pressing DEL while booting, makes it go to 132FSB and it boots. I set the FSB to 134 and 1.625V and it won't boot either. Pressing DEL while booting makes it go to 133FSB and it boots. Obviously it can boot at 133FSB, but doesn't. Anyone have any ideas on what's going on and how to get it to cold boot consistently? >>



I have this board too. The AA3 BIOS did not fix any of the problem you've mentioned above. Soyo needs to fix this fast. It is one great board. I am running mine at 145fsb @1.675 volt. In order to cold boot, I have to hit power and press & hold down the insert key. If this doesn't work, don't turn the power off, instead just press & hold down the Insert key and press the reset button. This will not clear the CMOS. You only need to do this on a cold boot, rebooting does not require this step.

One weird thing I've noticed is that I can run my 1.6a at 145fsb very stable now, but at 140fsb, it kept giving me error when Prime95 torture test is run. I suspected it have something to do with the AGP divider, but that option is greyed out in the BIOS.

Here is link to the forum..the good folks that makes MBM5. It's a good disscussion regarding the wrong voltage and such. (hope i link the page correctly)

Link

 

[ogn]

Thanks for the reply...now about your 1.675 voltage, is that what you set in the bios or what is read in the Health Status or MBM?

 

[InterTech]

<< Thanks for the reply...now about your 1.675 voltage, is that what you set in the bios or what is read in the Health Status or MBM? >>



The 1.675 volt is what I set in the BIOS. MBM5 does a pretty good job reading the voltage. In order to get a closer reading of the temp in MBM 5, you must compensate with -13c.

 

[ogn]

I've got mine running stable now. It requires 1.7V in bios. Here's my method for cold boot.
Hold DEL while first powering on. While still holding DEL, press reset. Now it'll boot properly. Just let go before you get into the bios. Even if you do, just quit out and it'll still work since it's a warm boot now. I really hope they fix this issue.

 

[Jrouss]

Hello,
Can someone please clarify how the keyboard keys effect cold boots? I had never heard of this before and it really sounds like it would be helpful to understand this since
I am sitting here pretty pumped becuaseI just received this board from Mwave with a 1.6a. ,I can't wait to put it together, this board has everything! Unfortuantely, I am still waiting for my OCZ PC3000 ram.
Thanks