VCore for XP 1800?

GEShields

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I see from the AMD page that the VCore should be 1.75V. I have an ASUS A7V266A and AMD XP 1800 and the lowest the MB will let me set it is 1.80 and the hardware monitor is saying it is at 1.82V. I have not been able to cool my XP chip down below 49C at idle ...could this be because of the increased voltage??

Greg
 

Mem

Lifer
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The default is 1.75v but most boards give higher voltage to improve stability,my own XP 1700+ on my Epox is 1.77-1.78v at default,you should be able to lower it in bios but it may or may not effect stability.
 

Wind

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Just set the vcore to 1.75v in the bios. Wht ever reported by the mobo w/ variance between 0.05-0.1v is fine. No need to lower ur vcore setting.