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Cpu speedstepping

Phil2008

Phil2008

Phil2008

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Im I right in thing with this option enabled, the cpu runs slower when idel? Cos when I run cpu z the cpu speed is at 2.4ghz, then when I run orthos it jumps to the normal speed of 3.6 and the volts jump from 2.22 to 2.26.
 
Has been known to cause problems on a highly overclocked board where the cpu voltage has been raised a lot to meet the demand of the o/c'd cpu.
 
Grumpy said:
Has been known to cause problems on a highly overclocked board where the cpu voltage has been raised a lot to meet the demand of the o/c'd cpu.
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some have said this yes,

if its not creating a problem there is no nead to turn it off
if your bencing turn it off
if every day OC is ok leave it on
 
As mentioned above it respondes very quickly and won't slow your system down at all. I would leave it on if it's not causing any problems.
 
speedy2004 said:
Im I right in thing with this option enabled, the cpu runs slower when idel? Cos when I run cpu z the cpu speed is at 2.4ghz, then when I run orthos it jumps to the normal speed of 3.6 and the volts jump from 2.22 to 2.26.
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You're putting 2.26v through your chip? o_O
 
Senture said:
You're putting 2.26v through your chip? o_O
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No I ment 1.26v. But since ive updated the bios today, it has messed all my voltages up, like the voltage I was using should report 1.22v, but reports 1.26v. So I have to go through all the work up of finding what voltage orthos fails with and then rase it by 1 or 2 notches, untill its solid as a rock again. God I wish there were a quicker way of doing it.
 
I was gona say, lol. Depending on how good your cooling is, you should be OK with up to 1.6v depending on temps. I've put 1.7v through my quad but that was for a suicide bench run lol
 
Ive found the failing point and that is on the automatic volts, so ive upped it 2 notches and its seems to be stable at 1.200v - 1.210v in cpuz (in the bios of the abit ip35 pro its the 2nd one down in the "user cpu voltage", been running orthos for 6hrs now and it hasnt failed so far, I will give it another 6hrs and I think I will call that stable.
 
damm it just had a BSOD, somthing about the mem, but the mem isnt overclocked, so ive just put the cpu volt up another notch, and trying orthos again. The cpuz is reading 1.210v - 1.220v now. I thought I was home and dry, but no such luck, I have the wait another 12hrs now,,, its sooo boring.
 
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Finally managed to get it passed the 12hr mark
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It was luck I double checked my bios setting, cos the auto voltage for the mem was on 1.92v I think, it was deff 1.9 something. My mem is supose to only have 1.8v through it. Now thats made me a tad concerned if any of my other voltages are wrong???
 
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