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entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
edited May 2004 in Hardware
I just crashed a while ago while loading a level in BFV. ram voltage is at normal (which i assume means 2.5) and so it cpu voltage. now that i look in cpu-z for voltage, however, it's telling me it's at 1.536, whereas it should say 1.525. could this, fluctuating voltages be the problem? or should i give my ram more juice?

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  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2004
    Cram the juice to the ram and see if it stabilizes. I'd bump it up to 2.8v if your bios can set it that high. It won't hurt the ram unless it's about to die anyways.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    entr0py wrote:
    I just crashed a while ago while loading a level in BFV. ram voltage is at normal (which i assume means 2.5) and so it cpu voltage. now that i look in cpu-z for voltage, however, it's telling me it's at 1.536, whereas it should say 1.525. could this, fluctuating voltages be the problem? or should i give my ram more juice?

    Mudd is right, though I would use 2.7 for RAM and see if the Vcc on the CPU drops down closer to spec. Most of the RAM I've seen runs at 2.6 stable, if anything you have it under if it actually comes out at 2.5. My P4 Northwood runs stable at 1.480 to 1.530, you might be a TIB high on Vcc for CPU.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    i assume vcc has something to do with voltage core? also, i've been reading and it looks like these ram sticks have a default voltage of 2.6v, instead of the normal 2.5. so, assuming my motherboard means 2.5 when it says 'Normal', should i set it to be overvolted .1v no matter what?
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    update: i've noticed when i run f@h, the cpu voltage drops to 1.520...and stays there...when the prog first benches however it goes to 1.504. way weird...prolly crappy psu
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