XMP Unsafe?

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Hey guys,

Spec: i7 920, Asus P6TD, 6GB Corsair Dominator [Link], 5850

I dived into my BIOS yesterday to check memory settings were correct. I change the below option from 'Auto' to 'XMP', like so:

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However, when I scroll down to look at voltage, I see this:



Is it actually as unsafe as it says, or is 0.01v nothing really?

Also, does activating XMP put the RAM at the advertised speeds, or even better?

(Imageshack didn't want to work for the 2nd image :S)
 
Hmm

The XMP profile that came with my G-Skill set it to run at 7-7-7-24 on 1.60325V

TurboV EVO which is an overclocking program that came with the motherboard wants to set the voltage to 1.8 :/

I ignore it. Passed a full memtest with zero problems so I'm happy to stay with 1.60325V.

Try knocking that 0.01V off manually. It's advertised at 1.65V to get those timings. Intel also says that overclocking your CPU may permanently damage it. They are correct there too.
 
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My Gigabyte UD5 does this too, but it is actualy running the ram at 1.65v.
My guess is theres some kind of blackhole, logic error or slight undervolt going on and the 1.66v setting compensates.
 
Venares said:
My Gigabyte UD5 does this too, but it is actualy running the ram at 1.65v.
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Hmm, strange. I take it that it only damages it over a long period of time? But wouldn't if I just set it and booted up Windows and checked on CPU-Z? :)
 
Heh. My Gigabyte board gives me bright red numbers on my RAM voltage... +0.35. DDR3-1333 OCZ. Their EVP means its still under warranty to run at 1.95v, so thats where it is.

I've had the board for a month, and had no trouble whatsoever. in fact, i was getting the odd BSoD with my RAM set at anything below 1.8v!
 
SMAndy said:
Heh. My Gigabyte board gives me bright red numbers on my RAM voltage... +0.35. DDR3-1333 OCZ. Their EVP means its still under warranty to run at 1.95v, so thats where it is.

I've had the board for a month, and had no trouble whatsoever. in fact, i was getting the odd BSoD with my RAM set at anything below 1.8v!
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So would you agree with what I said?
 
it also depends on your socket, weather lga1366 or lga1156, lga1156 requires ram to run at 1.65 volt max lga1366 is different
 
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