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3970x High vid (1.4v)

tatts

tatts

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I bought a system with a 3970x just before xmas. Today I decided to do an health check on the ssd to find its racked up a lot of hours so I then installed cpuz and realtemp ... to my horror the VID is 1.408V at stock on auto.
If I set the voltage to manual and put in 1.35V I'm getting BSOD.

Is this a sign of the cpu failing? I'm guessing the system was used for folding going by the ssd report.
 
tatts said:
I bought a system with a 3970x just before xmas. Today I decided to do an health check on the ssd to find its racked up a lot of hours so I then installed cpuz and realtemp ... to my horror the VID is 1.408V at stock on auto.
If I set the voltage to manual and put in 1.35V I'm getting BSOD.

Is this a sign of the cpu failing? I'm guessing the system was used for folding going by the ssd report.
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what motherboard are you using, because i am surprised that vid on that chip is that high especially, since my chip does about 1.248v on a slight 4.2 o/c, it sound like there is possible something on the bios which is pushing the high voltage, are all your setting default, especially the voltage

Also when you did a health check on the SSD, what brand was it and what was the health status on it, most software give you an except of life on SSD
 
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tatts said:
I bought a system with a 3970x just before xmas. Today I decided to do an health check on the ssd to find its racked up a lot of hours so I then installed cpuz and realtemp ... to my horror the VID is 1.408V at stock on auto.
If I set the voltage to manual and put in 1.35V I'm getting BSOD.

Is this a sign of the cpu failing? I'm guessing the system was used for folding going by the ssd report.
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wow that either has been ragged right at the limit for a very long time or the board really needs a bios update.

I have seen people run and bench sandy e chips at 1.5v under water and after 2 or 3 years they seem to need more volts or less speed, but not 1.4v for stock :eek:
 
First board was a UD3, second was a x79 sabretooth and this one is a x79 iv extreme. all on the latest bios.
It's been giving random bsod too which when I switch to a 3820 go away. An health check on the ssd shows over 3 years worth of use so I guess its been on 24/7 for quite a while.
I'm guessing not a lot can be done to dead or dying chips so I'll still keep looking for another hex replacement.
 
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tatts said:
First board was a UD3, second was a x79 sabretooth and this one is a x79 iv extreme. all on the latest bios.
It's been giving random bsod too which when I switch to a 3820 go away. An health check on the ssd shows over 3 years worth of use so I guess its been on 24/7 for quite a while.
I'm guessing not a lot can be done to dead or dying chips so I'll still keep looking for another hex replacement.
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do you know what the blue screen code is?
 
cant remember sorry. It's not done it since swapping out the cpu so I suspected degrading as I think it came out of a folding rig with the use its had.
 
Combat squirrel said:
If it works fine and passes memtest tests nothing to worry about if its fairly cool, why buy a new one if it runs fine stable at 1.4v, thats not terrible if the temps are low enough
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My concern is why is it doing this and how long will it last. Getting a BSOD while just browsing can get quite frustrating. I haven't tested for stability as I know it has issues but I cant see it passing.
 
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