Ok here's what I got.
I run an Asus P4GD1 with a 3.0ghz northwood. Stock.
I've heard that the Northwood are notorious for dieing when Vcore has been set to above 1.65. Since my setup at stock, I decided to check the vcore and found it hovering around 1.65-1.71. Keep in mind the Bios has set the vcore to auto. The bios reports that it hovers around 1.64 -1.66. Not a big deal. So I figured I should lower the vcore to 1.550 (lowest bios setting) to prevent any electron migration. The system was and has continued to be stable but I noticed something running PI the other day.
My vcore valve will hover around 1.66 (Asus Prob AI, Everest monitor, Speedfan) when idling and as soon as I run PI my voltage drops (all monitors respond the same) to about 1.5 with small spikes. I'm a little confused. Shouldnt' voltage increase (if it did) when running an application not the other way around?
Any help to explain this would be greatly appreciated.
I run an Asus P4GD1 with a 3.0ghz northwood. Stock.
I've heard that the Northwood are notorious for dieing when Vcore has been set to above 1.65. Since my setup at stock, I decided to check the vcore and found it hovering around 1.65-1.71. Keep in mind the Bios has set the vcore to auto. The bios reports that it hovers around 1.64 -1.66. Not a big deal. So I figured I should lower the vcore to 1.550 (lowest bios setting) to prevent any electron migration. The system was and has continued to be stable but I noticed something running PI the other day.
My vcore valve will hover around 1.66 (Asus Prob AI, Everest monitor, Speedfan) when idling and as soon as I run PI my voltage drops (all monitors respond the same) to about 1.5 with small spikes. I'm a little confused. Shouldnt' voltage increase (if it did) when running an application not the other way around?
Any help to explain this would be greatly appreciated.
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