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LAN Party Forums => Hardware Discussion => Started by: zx2slow on May 31, 2006, 08:28:19 PM
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My stupid motherboard is having some serious issues. It is overvolting everything. My CPU was set at default but was seeing 1.6+v, thats a bit too much even for a watercooler. The X16 pci-e bridge was running so frikin' hot too, I dont know what voltage it was at.
Hopefully asus will RMA this and have it back to me by the next LAN. I hope my CPU isnt perminately borked either, 1.6v is pretty close to damageing a 90mm die, espically a fresh non burned in one.
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erm... what board is it... and 1.6 is that high
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it's a Asus a8n32, it was a bios update that screwed me, it also displays .04v higher than it really is.
The problem occured when I updated the bios, the latest bios enables tha 'cpu overvoltage' option automagicly and it adds 0.20v. This is frickin' stupid, on a 90nm core that is enough voltage to kill a cpu. Pushing a cpu past 1.55v on water is stupid if you want to run it 24x7. 1.6v gets into the phase change cooling realm.
Other than the overvoltage it is a pretty solid board.