SOYO SY-7VCA Overclocking....I need more Voltage!!! How??

[Pleiades]

I have a Celeron 633 CCO stepping 1.7V default.
My mobo, a SOYO SY-7VCA allows voltage adjustment in the range of +1.5%, +3.5%, +5.0%, +7.5%, +9.0%, and +10%. With the default voltage at 1.7V, the highest I can get with the +10% is 1.84V! Duh!!
I was trying to do 950(9.5x100)@1.84V and it made it all the way to loading Windows, but crashed giving errors loading..blah..blah... One step down to 903(9.5x95) and it's working beautifully!!
I should be able to do 950 if I can bump the voltage up to 1.9V...chances are pretty good rite? But my mobo... the voltage adjustment just doesn't make sense... max 0.14V increment??
The mobo is jumperless, can a BIOS fix give me higher voltage adjustment?? Or is it simply a hardware limitation of the board??
I love the 7VCA...but the voltage adjustment suxx!!

I was hoping to get some feedback before I contact SOYO tech support. Thanks alot!!

 

[PreciousBodilyFluids]

You can try that reflashing the bios trick they use on Abit boards. There are instructions for it at hardocp.com.

 

[Assimilator1]

I think you're SHOL! ,btw isn't 1.9v rather on the high side anyway?

 

[Rand]

I have the same board, even with the latest BIOS you are limited to a +10% on the processor voltage. Personally I think your best off staying within 10% anyways though...
I say run her at 903 and be happy, it's a nice overclock no reason to complain.

 

[Pleiades]

Thanks for the input!

I'm not complaining...just trying to get some answers and abit of a venting space... hehe
Well, the +10% Vcore adjustment is clearly a limitation of the 7VCA. I've browsed through several forums and from what I've gathered, many 7VCA/2 owners cannot push their CPU to its potential because of the Vcore limitation. A PIII 700E couldn't do 933 stable with +10% Vcore increment. Some of them even went all the way to change the default Vcore by shortening the VID pin!! Raising the default Vcore and plus the 10%, it will do the trick.... but I'm not bold enough to do that.. hee

Rand: The following was taken from the online 7VCA specs :

"Power-CPU-Up! Function: CPU core voltage is adjustable via jumper setting with four level" (four level? sounds cool!)

Any idea how it works??? I'm clueless.....it's not mentioned anywhere in the manual...undocumented features??

Thanks!