I just bought a asus A7V8X motherboard,samsung 80GB,corsair 512MB 2700DDR, MSI GF4 ti4200, and athlon XP 1800+. I am overclocking my FSB to around 145 and my cpu temp is at 46c @ idle and 51c with a load on it. My msi GF4 ti4200 card is also overclocked at around 590 mem/290 core and I noticed on the Asus probe which monitors my voltages is my vcore 3.3v dropped just a little under the 10% threshold. All of the other voltages are fine. I noticed it when I was monitoring the voltages while running 3Dmark2001SE. Its been overclocked like that for a week now and I havent had any problems at all but was wondering how I can either get the voltage up a little. I have underclocked my videocard to around 550/266 and it keeps the voltage within the 10% threshold.

My question was can a voltage out of the 10% threshold, damage anything on my system. (the voltage is around 2.95 instead of being closer to 3.3v). I also noticed even with the computer on default settings the voltage is only around 3.1v. Is there anyway I can change something in the bios or maybe a jumper or is this not even a problem? All help is appreciated. Thank you

Are you sure that's vcore? I think the normal vcore setting is 1.75v & the max safe vcore is 1.85v?

You are correct. I mentioned the wrong thing. On my asus probe it doesnt say what it is. It just says 3.3v and then it says my current voltage which is 3.056 and that is very little overclocking. With no overclocking of anything my voltage jumps a little to around 3.088. But still my question is what is this voltage for and how can I get it up past 3.2v or should I worry when it falls just out of the 10% threshold. The vcore does stay around 1.78v. The only voltage that falls just outside the 10% threshold is the 3.3v which powers something. I did notice when I underclock my agp card I will get the voltage up to around 3.088v but why is it still so low? Is this a big issue. Even when it does get just out of the 10% threshold I dont notice any problems. Computer runs fine and has been running this way for a week now with no crashes or hangs. Any help will be appreciated. thanks

same question for me except for the fact that i have a gigabyte 7dx+ with a xp1600+ win98se, my vcores are at 1.85, problem is that if i open any video (mpeg/ otherwise) my monitor blacks out and sometimes with esc. key the display comes back, with only norton on the taskbar, and the twin monitor display of the nvidia on display properties reduced to a single screen, refresh rates reset to adapter default only, i have tried lower Refresh rates lower resoltions, sent my card back got a new one in warranty. My power supply is rated 350 watts
and thanks for reading and for a possible fix
My config.
AMD AthlonXP 1600+
SeaGate 40 GB HDD
NEC 1.44 FDD
NEC MultiSync P750 updated to 2002 drivers
Samsung 394 MB DDR
via686a/b chip
Leadtek GeForce4 MX 64DDR vivo used all reference and leadtek provided drivers 40.71-30.82-27.82-29.42
Creative Audigy
PixelVeiw/ prolink TV Tuner bt878p+
Motorolla 56KBPS
Creative iNFRA 52x digital ir CD-ROM
Creative 16X DVD-ROM
Imation 16X10X32 CDR-RW
3 extra fans running on ext. adapter

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Help, i have no other trubles no prob. with games etc....but it's embarassing to run VCD on this sys. DVD has no trouble

P.S there is no conflict of any form, all irq's are ok, disabld the mpu, and joystick port of onboard soundcard, no conflicts anywhere