CPU voltage always stays the same

Drake5 · 30 Jul 2015 at 22:48

4690k OC'd to 4.4GHz on 1.240V

When my CPU is idle voltage stays at 1.240v is this right

thebennyboy · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:51

Make sure you are using Offset voltage and not manual. Do NOT put 1.24 as the offset voltage though, as you WILL fry your chip.

For 1.24v you'll need to enter around 0.02 as a POSITIVE offset.

Drake5 · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:54

Yeah I am using manual voltage right now

1.240v is stable for me on 4.4GHz so not sure what I should do now as I'm confused by what you mean

thebennyboy · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:54

What mobo do you have?

Drake5 · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:55

Z97 Pro-Gamer

thebennyboy · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:56

Ok, before you go into the BIOS, what Power mode is your PC set to?

Should be either: Balance, High Performance or Power saver.

Drake5 · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:58

Balanced

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:01

Go to "Power options" and click "Change plan settings" for balanced

Then click on "Change advanced power settings".

Scroll down to "Processor power management" and expand it, then expand "Minimum processor state".

What percentage is that set to?

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:04

It's on 5% mate

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:07

Ok, you'll need to go to your BIOS. Your CPU Core voltage mode is probably set to manual mode. You need to set that to offset mode, then set the offset voltage as positive then enter 0.02. That should work.

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:13

Ok Set where the red arrow is to "Offset mode" and the yellow arrow to 0.02. It should also ask if you want a positive or negative offset, you want a positive offset.

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:14

I did that and I get a bsod on boot up

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:14

What is the CPU voltage reading in the BIOS?

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:16

When set to offset mode it goes to 1.040 so not enough for the overclock

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:19

Put the offset up to 0.04 and see what voltage it reads then.

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:26

0.040 gives 1.064v

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:28

Ok, push it up to 0.200. Should read ~1.21v.

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:31

Yeah its now showing as 1.219

Now to get it to 1.4 would it be 0.240

thebennyboy · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:35

Try 0.225. That should get you pretty much bang on 1.24v.

Drake5 · 31 Jul 2015 at 00:44

Appreciate your help mate that seems to have done it