anyone explain?

[traviss187]

I have a p4 2.8b and an asus p4pe. whenever I run my comptuer and check the voltages when my cpu is at idle they're around 1.62 (set for 1.525) then if I run my cpu at load they drop to around 1.52 (ususally)
I get the same thing both with asus probe, and mbm 5, also when I check them in bios, i find it odd because if I start F@H I can watch my voltages drop and when I stop it they go back up... any reasons for this.. I'm just confused

 

[SJJM]

Asus set the voltage high to keep your cpu more stable. I have that board, and it does the samething. I believe all the newer asus boards do this. If you look at your stock setting they even up the fsb, so that they look better on benchmarks.

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[Crashman]

Voltage drops under load are normally caused by an insufficient power supply.

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[spud]

Or bad power regs on the board.

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[Crashman]

I've never seen them affected that much by load though.

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[spud]

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[HardWareBoss]

How many watts for your Psu?

 

[traviss187]

it's a enermax eg365p-ve fca, so it's 350 or 365 watts, so I wouldn't think insuficient power is the problem, and all the other lines are within 10%