Vcore Voltage setting

Hello everyone. I recently had a failed overclocking. I set the BIOS setting according to another user on another
forum with similar setup. Only thing is I didn't set the Vcore voltage on my board as it is greyed out not letting me
make adjustments. Why is that. other users are adjusting theirs some kind of way. I have the X58 Platinum
which was brand new when I built the PC. 3 OCZ 2gb three channel memory dimms,Vista 64 bit, Intel i7 920.
Anybody care to share a guide to overclocking this board successfully. Tryin to see at least 3.67 or 3.99Ghz.
Well 3.67 for now. Also guys watch those Radeon 4870 graphic boards. Seems that the double start up issues
I was having after I built my computer was due to a defective graphics card. Just so happens when I went
to pick my PC back up from doing a diagnostic at Microcenter another customer in line had the exact graphic
board and his did not work for him either. Both versions were from Diamond.

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Question about Vcore Voltage with 2400XP

Hi i have been to amd site and looked up what VCore Voltage i should run my processor at and it says 1.65v and the FSB at 133MHz
The think is the default in the bios is 1.800 and the computer works fine when bios set at "AUTO" for this.
I changed it to 1.65v and computer will get to just before the windows logo comes up and restarts.
If i put the FSB at 100Mhz the computer boots up fine.
Any Ideas on why i cannot run the computer at full speed with the recommended VCore voltage of 1.65v
Thanks
Frank

her's the cpu-z report
CPU(s)
Number of CPUs   1
Name   AMD Athlon XP
Code Name   Thoroughbred
Specification   AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Family / Model / Stepping   6 8 1
Extended Family / Model   7 8
Package   Socket A
Core Stepping   B0
Technology   0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets   MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
CPU Clock Speed   2004.6 MHz
Clock multiplier   x 15.0
Front Side Bus Frequency   133.6 MHz
Bus Speed   267.3 MHz
L1 Data Cache   64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache   64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache   256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed   2004.6 MHz (Full)
L2 Location   On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic   yes
L2 Bus Width   64 bits
Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer   MSI
Motherboard model   MS-6590, 2.0
BIOS vendor   American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS revision   Version 07.00T
BIOS release date   04/02/01
Chipset   VIA KT600 rev. 80
Southbridge   VIA VT8237 rev. 00
Sensor chip   Winbond W83697HF
Graphic Interface   AGP
AGP Status   enabled, rev. 3.5
AGP Data Transfer Rate   8x
AGP Max Rate   8x
AGP Side Band Addressing   supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size   16 MBytes
Memory
DRAM Type   DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size   1024 MBytes
DRAM Frequency   133.6 MHz
FSB:DRAM   1:1
DRAM Interleave   4-way
CAS# Latency   2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS#   3 clocks
RAS# Precharge   3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS)   6 clocks
# of memory modules   2
Module 0   Nanya Technology DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Module 1   Kingston DDR-SDRAM PC2100 - 512 MBytes
Software
Windows version   Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version   9.0c

VCore Voltage problems

Hello, again...
I've been silent for a while(after I had to RMA board once to MSI and got new one back), just being happy my machine works. But now, after a while, I just wanted to try to get my CPU to a bit more faster settings.
Problem is, I can't get beyond 253 FSB without raising VCore voltage from 1.6 -> 1.7. When VCore is at 1.6, CPU-Z and BIOS Health monitor shows it is nicely near 1.6 volts. But when I raise VCore voltage from BIOS to 1.7 it starts to jump between 1.8 - 1.9, both BIOS and CPU-Z shows same behaviour. It wont drop below 1.8, so it's like I did set VCore to 1.8, but I didn't. I did check..
Now, of course, I could run it at 1.8, but it is a bit too much for my liking, I would like to use 1.7 volts setting. Does anyone else have this same problem?
Is this BIOS problem or what? I dunno, and I do remeber that my last board(which broke) did the same thing.
Thanks.

Hi Lamy. 253 is nothing to complain about. I assume you are at a 5:4 ratio since your ram is only DDR400, which means you are at it's max rating. At that degree of overclock you are probably overloading your power supply at times. Have you tried dropping to a 3:2 ratio to see if the ram is the problem.
ryede, I'm getting tired of threats from people planning on switching motherboards. Read the rules - there are no MSI rep's here; we are all users. You have one post to your credit with minimal information supplied, and to top it all you are trying to hijack someone elses post. Besides, exceeding 250 FSB is an accomplishment that few achieve.

P55M-GD45 Vcore Voltage Help

I've read the sticky, I know about pg up/pg dn and the +/- keys.
My problem is that I can't manually set the vcore voltage in the Cell Menu. It says Auto (greyed out) and when I do pgup I can increase the voltage up to about +.303, but it doesn't allow me to manually set the voltage, nor undervolt it.
I've updated the BIOS to 1.8, but still no luck.
If anyone has any suggestions, please help.

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I honestly wish the mobo had manual vcore control.
Well, it does. You said so yourself:
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"Cpu Voltage" it is either Auto (Grey) or increasing the voltage in increments.
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I didn't increase it +.303, I was only specifying the limit of what it would allow me to change.
To be honest, I fail to see the problem you are having with the voltage. That means that either I am terribly misunderstanding what you are trying to say or that you are misunderstanding the way the voltage settings work.
Can you please try to elaborate what exactly it is you are trying to do with the system? It is irrelevant at this point, what the system will be used for. What is of importance is what clock speeds you are trying to run the system with, what exact settings result in an unstable system and which settings have been working for you. Within a certain clock speed range from the default settings, increasing the core voltage of the processor may not even be necessary. It all depends on what you are actually aiming for.
In terms of current system settings, you have not really told us much so far:
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Failed OCCT during a 2hr test.
Under what operating conditions? Base Clock Speed? Memory clock speed? Memory voltage? Memory timings (post CPU-Z screenshots [SPD & Memory]? CPU Voltage [as shown by CPU-Z]? Other Cell Menu Settings you modified? etc.

Vcore voltage

Ok just curious, what should the voltage on my vcore be?
i think it's set at 1.5 but speedfan shows the low at 1.39 the high at 1.44 and the average at 1.41. This is after several restarts and I'm not gaming at the moment. Might this cause instability?

Alrighty, I just downloaded Speedfan 4.16 and ran a test on my system to see what results I get.
I have:
K8N Neo2 Plat
Athlon 3500+
Ballistix PC 4000
Antec True 550
Yadda, Yadda, Yadda....
In my bios, I set my vcore voltage for 1.60 volts (slightly over default), yet Speenfan reports it as 1.49 - 1.52 volts ---- with cool n quiet disabled
So it would appear your Speedfan readings would be right on par with what would be the standard default voltage for your CPU (considering the slight error reported by Speedfan)

X99S Mpower + I7-5930K Vcore Voltages?

Hey guys,
Been working on getting this system stable for the past week on my bench. For the most part I have had success, minus a few issues with DOA video cards.
I am curious as to what my Vcore voltages should be on this system, currently in HWinfo64 my Vcore voltage ranges from a min of 0.008v to max of 0.216v (load). This number seems low to me! When I run OCCT, VIN7, VIN8 and VIN9 are all well below 1 volt, is this normal?
I have had some weird intermittent issues with some random crashes and sometimes Win8 won't boot properly (Black screen and keyboard loses power). However, I can run Prime95 and FurMark (4K resolution) at the same time while surfing the internet and not have a single issue. I suspect that my power supply may be taking a dump, which is entirely possible as it is well over 3-4 years old and I used to push it pretty hard.
System:
Windows 8.1
I7-5930K
MSI X99S Mpower
MSI GTX 980 OCV1 x2
Crucial 256gb M.2
32GB G.skill DDR4-2400
Corsair TX850V2

Okay will do.
I just want to recap the issue and include a new one:
1. Vcore on HWinfo64 reads from 0.008V to 0.216V. VIN7, VIN8 and VIN9 on OCCT read as low as 0.01V when idle. (I will post photos tonight.)
2. Windows 8.1 hangs on boot after the blue window logo loads, keyboard and mouse lose power. (This happens occasionally, 1 out of 4 restarts)
3. Using memory kit F4-2400C15Q-32GRR, even when set to 2133Mhz Windows will only recognize 20.9GB to 28.9GB. Ran memtest and found no faults.
I own a Thermaltake DR. Power II and I checked the PSU, all voltages are normal.
NOTE: I am currently NOT using J_PWR3 (4-pin EPS12V) only the J_PWR2 8-Pin EPS12V. I am under the assumption after speaking with MSI technical support that the additional 4-pin J_PWR3 is for overclocking only and is not required for normal operation only J_PWR2 8-pin is required. If this is wrong and it IS needed for normal operation someone please correct me!

Voltage setting

This might not be the correct place to apply this question but it does really have to do with the Voltage setting in my board's BIOS. I have a Nvidia Geforce4 ti4200 128mb ddr agp card. I have my settings set to auto in my bios. I was reading the manual and it says that you can improve gfx card performance by changing the settings. So I was wondering, if there was a good setting to put it at? I don't know about this one, just trying to see what all can help my pc go its fastest that it can w/o corruption. Thanks!

Ok, thanks for the reply, now, i am also curious, b/c i really don't know where to ask this, i'm trying to get the optimal performance over all hardware devices k? Now, i have a nec multisync fe700 17" monitor. I have noticed that under the advanced settings for the display, under my vcard settings, there is an option to change the timing mode for my monitor. it has auto detect and then some other settings. I was wondering, should i change it or just leave as is. I mean it is great now, but wondered if I could get better. I have gone over the manual for the monitor already, nothing noticed for this. I have also searched as well and nothing found except sellers. So I hope that i could get a better answer here, thanks!

2000+ palamino core voltage setting

trying to overclock 2000+ prossesor have gotten the system to boot at 1.89ghz then crashes loading programs. i have the core voltage set at 1.775(i think).what is the maximum safe voltage that i can push this processor to without meltdown? have thermalTake volcano 9+ running at maximum speed(what a brick) plus 11 case fans. thanks for any help in advance ?(

hi,
AMD has the datasheets for Athlon Model 6, 8, 10 available publicly from amd.com. You can download and inside should have the maximum voltage stated.

Vcore voltage problem.

How come it doesn't post evertime i raise up the vcore voltage. But when i press the reset button it post up fine. It only happen when i power up the computer. I have a MSI 850 pro5 mb | 512 rdram | 550 antec ps | g4 ti 4400. This doesnt make any sense, and I'm not even overclocking it. I try everthing, even update the bios. I think msi board suck. Assaf please help :]

I did try to overclock, but im trying to say it does the same thing even i dont try to overclock. I have a watercool system and i want to overclock it some more. Its just that it bother me when it does that.

WHY No Vcore voltage Offsets?

How the heck can there not be Vcore offsets in any MSI Z77 motherboards? I wish I would have known this prior to purchasing a Z77A GD80 :( Are there ANY plans to include Vcore offsets in a future bios update?

I totally love this MPower board, it looks great, clocks great, boots mega fast, no issues whatsoever, I'm gonna try 4.9GHz and then 5GHz on Air next... lol
Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 20-October-12, 05:43:50
With your influence, and the number of users requesting it, I would think MSI HQ would listen to you and the users. They should have plenty of time to at least incorporate the offset feature in the new Haswell LGA 1150 platform.
Yeah hopefully, it's not a major issue really, I just like to save energy wherever I can, this 2500K has a VID of 1.411v @ 4.8GHz, yet it's totally stable at 1.32v, so I can't just use Auto voltage as it will pump too many volts through it lol
Someone mentioned this on overclock.net >> http://www.overclock.net/t/1302731/official-msi-z77-mpower-owners-club-all-things-mpower/450Quote from: CL3P20
but you can set voltage for your 'turbo multi' ... which is effectively the same thing is it not?
ie - set vcore at 1.1v for 4ghz.. and set 1.25v for 4.6ghz multi.. that should act in the same fashion as a typical "offset voltage" would.. no?
I've just been playing around with setting Turbos to x48 but I cannot make the voltage drop down when at x16 with EIST, does anyone know what he is on about he's seems like he knows what he's on about from his previous good posts he's made, but he's not online at the moment lol.

KT4 Ultra Vcore voltage?

Hello, I have a KT4 Ultra with XP1700+ running as 2600+, but my mobo, only have a maximum vcore 1.7, it's really the maximum vcore? (bios ver 1.3)
(O/C FSB: 166, multiplier: 12.5, vcore 1.7)
thanx!

I believe thats the highest it will go with that cpu..........I have 1800 tbred and i have vcore set to 1.7 but speedfan reads the voltage at 1.73 which seems to be more accurate ....I think the default vcore setting for that chip is 1.65 .

Vcore voltages......PSU Problem??

So, again, I was happily overclocking and I set my FSB to 240. Reason one so I could set my base mem freq. to 333 and get an end product of 400 (which is my mem speed.) and 240 also seems to be the highest I can go and maintain decent stability.
I run 31C idle and max 49C @ 100% usage.
When I try to run Prime95 I get a hardware error so right now I assume it's the power supply for two reasons.
Numero Uno! - It's only an SL400 and I'm trying to OC a p4 3000 to 3600.
Numero Dos! - When i check SpeedFan voltages It will dip down from 1.7(which is current vcore) to down PAST 1.65.
I need to know if that kind of dramatic drop is expected or if i need to go out and rig her up with a new Antec or Enermax.
Here is the link to my PSU Rail ratings.
Antec SL400

You should Not have to up your V-Core anywhere near 1.7 Volts to reach 240 FSB or a 600 MHZ CPU Ovreclock, as these "C" Procs. Need Very Little Voltage to OC, as I can Go to 250 FSB and only have to up the V-Core to 1.585 Volts, and I can stay all day Playing Games or Benchmarcking at 225 FSB or 3.6 GHZ (Up from 3.2 GHZ) At Default V-CORE Voltage 1.550....I say this as it just may be that your PSU is Not Giving your CPU enough +12V Rail voltage to run stable at Default Voltages..And if you are running at a Constant 1.7 V-CORE, Keep your eyes Peeled for any temp spikes or Funny CPU behaviour.....When you Do get your new PSU I would try to Lowe the V-CORE down to 1.6 Volts, to see if it stays happy...........Sean REILLY875

Z68A-G43 No Core Voltage setting?

Hi all
Well my mobo was crashing all the time with my Q6600 @ 3.4ghz so I went ahead and got a Z68A-G43, i5 2500k and 8gb of 1600mhz G-Skill Ripjawx ram.
I've noticed though....the BIOS has no setting to change core voltage, neither does MSI Control Centre or Click Bios in Windows. So...does this board have no setting for to change it I ask? I mean it may be low down in the range but £75 is a bit tall for budget board is it not? I've got a rock solid 4.5ghz overclock..I can't boot into Windows with 4.6ghz but if I use control centre I can get it solid in Windows at 4.6ghz @ an auto voltage of 1.386v (I mean I've literally thrown everything at it and its not choked).
It would be nice to try and push for 4.7ghz if I could just give it a bit of Vcore myself! Cheers

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I mean it may be low down in the range but £75 is a bit tall for budget board is it not? I've got a rock solid 4.5ghz overclock
A solid OC of 4,5GHz on the budget Z68 offering ? Mere mortals would be over the moon to boast with such an OC, what is it, 30% ? It's always that tiny bit extra we all want, and when we have it, sometimes we don't know what to do with it.
Most of us run our boards around that OC to maintain the full power saving feature. Sandy Bridge has this unwanted side effect, whenever you manually set the VCore, it will remain there, no matter what, even in idle.
But you are welcome to check with MSI technical if it's even possible to introduce this via a BIOS change in the future. I doubt it. >>How to contact MSI.<<
Believe me, the 2500K above 4,6GHz generates mostly heat and the gain in performance becomes insignificant.

Powerup Edition: Vcore (Auto) setting bug

Last night I decided to push my pc by overclocking it a bit. This was only to test and report back to the board. I like the settings that are in my signature, they keep my pc quiet (I have EIST, C1 and smart fan enabled), and it is fast enough to handle any games or apps that I use.
Anyway, I disable all the fancy stuff and start overclocking. Basically I adjusted my voltages and dividers in the bios, and then tweaked my fsb and cpu multiplier using windows based apps...
After I was all done, I undid everything and put my system back to what you see in my signature. Well, I use Everest UE to check how my system is running and found a disturbing bug..
I had set my Vcore (core voltage) back to Auto, but my system was still running at almost 1.5v, and even though my computer had no load, C1 did not kick in and lower my voltage either. But EIST did reduce my multiplier from 9x to 6x, which confirmed that my system truly was at idle.
After many starts and restarts (all of which did nothing to fix the problem), I finally turned my computer off and also turned off the power switch on my power supply. My original thought was to open up my pc and reset my bios, but instead I decided to wait a minute or so and boot up my pc, sometimes that clears up problems... Well, i worked, my Vcore (on Auto) and C1 (enabled) worked as it should. Since this could be a real bug, I went into my bios, rasied my Vcore to 1.5, booted into windows, confirmed that my pc was indeed running at Vcore 1.5, and then rebooted, set my Vcore to Auto, and again rebooted into Windows. I found that my Vcore was still 1.5v and that C1 would not kick in at low load. I had to again, turn off my power supply to get Auto to work correctly.
Anyway, I don't know if MSI actually reads these forums but this is a worrysome problem. There are many users that test the waters of overclocking when they first get a new pc. So they do the normal things like push the core voltage over its rated setting, then decide that thier pc is too noisy or running too hot. So then they boot back into the bios, put settings back on default or Auto.and decide to try it again another day. With this bios your Vcore will stay stuck on whatever its last setting was before you put it on auto. For many, that setting might be the highest overclock they tried that day, meaning thier Vcore could well be stuck at close to 1.5v rather than the ~1.35v (or lower) that they should be getting on auto.
So please, if you have tried overclocking and then set your Vcore back to auto, double check and make sure your cpu isn't getting too much voltage and that C1 is working proplerly and lowering your voltage at low loads.
Be safe and have fun...

Quote from: Vaniireq on 25-October-06, 00:09:23
Thanks for the welcome to your forums.
One or two quick comments also...
I am (well was) into overclocking for years, I stopped because I found I was wasting more time tweaking than actually using my computer for fun stuff. My post wasn't intended for heavy overclockers but for the beginner that wants to get some extra performance out of their computer but didn't know where to start. So if we can let's leave this message thread for what it was intended to be in its title "Simple overclocking".
As for the 4-4-4-12 in my sig ....
yes that is what I am running my memory at ...
I am well aware that the new bios likes to change memory settings, so I manually take control of my memory settings..
So for dimitri and Planet X, I recommend using Memset3.0, this will allow you to override your bios memory settings.
You can find it here:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-memory/120402-memset-3-0-a.html
(let me know if it helped)
@smokinkane I realize that "a 320fsb overclock, that is easily accomplished" and that, my friend, was the whole point of my post, you know how (share this with others), there are many that read this board that don't know where to start.
If I get some free time I will try and see how hard I can push the fsb with my stock equipment.
Anyway, as I mentioned in my post, I have only had this board a couple of days, so I don't know yet what it can and can't do. If you have specific problems or questions, start a new thread, so everyone can work on the problem.
Be safe and have fun...
Good post as described in the headline "simple overclock".

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