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Can you have too much voltage?
Name: Krezno Date: April 18, 2002 at 14:31:33 Pacific
Comment:
I got my XP 1800+ up to 148FSB but I had to up my voltage to 2.000v to get it there stable. Is there a point to when I can have too much voltage? Or should I just keep an eye on my temps? Which are fine by the way, I have CPU Idle running so it's stays at about 27c, only gets up to about 50c full load with my Volcano7+ on medium speed. I noticed a performance increase after I hit the 1.7GHz mark and I would like to keep it there.
Name: Joshua Date: April 18, 2002 at 15:11:54 Pacific
Reply:
having too much voltage can be bad. Higher voltage makes the processor run hot. You should change the voltage to the lowest setting until it runs stable.
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Response Number 2
Name: Krezno Date: April 18, 2002 at 17:21:56 Pacific
Reply:
K, I'll try to lower it a little and see if it still runs stable. Do think the voltage I have it at now is OK?
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Response Number 3
Name: peter Date: April 18, 2002 at 18:23:59 Pacific
Reply:
if you check the AMD website for your chip it actually lists the voltages it will run safely.it will take some searching but its there.I looked up my 1.4 a while back
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Response Number 4
Name: Badboy Date: April 18, 2002 at 20:43:16 Pacific
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If temp is the ONLY issue with higher voltage, you’re doing pretty well.
When I wrote AMD about a temp issue, they made a big deal out of keeping the voltage of my Athlon 1.4GHz at 1.75. Document 24309 from AMD gives the technical information for Athlon XPs. They suggest a maximum DC voltage above nominal of 50mV, which would be 1.80!
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Response Number 5
Name: Mobey Date: April 18, 2002 at 20:52:57 Pacific
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If you cooked the CPU right now you’d only be out $100.
The longer you play with it before you cook it, the cheaper it will be.
Maybe by the time you burn it up, you’ll be able to get an XP 2100+ for that price!
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Response Number 6
Name: Jerminate Date: April 20, 2002 at 06:40:35 Pacific
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If you're machine is running stable at that voltage, and the temps are around 30c, I'd say don't mess with it, just enjoy ;)
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