vcore voltage

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Hi,

I have an athlon 2200+ with an Asus a7v266 m/b. I set the vcore voltage to
its default of 1.6v but the Asus PCProbe program reports its 1.68v. Why the
descrepancy?

I have a second question. The m/b fan doesn't always work. It sometimes
kicks in when the computer is booting. Is this a problem? Should I get the
m/b replaced? Or is the m/b fan not critical. I noticed it does not have a
way to monitor via BIOS.

Thanks for any help.

 

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In article <41e269b5$0$903$a729d347@news.telepac.pt>, JH says...
> Hi,
>
> I have an athlon 2200+ with an Asus a7v266 m/b. I set the vcore voltage to
> its default of 1.6v but the Asus PCProbe program reports its 1.68v. Why the
> descrepancy?
>
Because its reporting what it thinks the motherboard is telling it. The
crux of the matter is that unless you put a voltmeter on it, you can't
trust these programs.


> I have a second question. The m/b fan doesn't always work. It sometimes
> kicks in when the computer is booting. Is this a problem? Should I get the
> m/b replaced? Or is the m/b fan not critical. I noticed it does not have a
> way to monitor via BIOS.
>
It will become a problem. The fan is showing the first symptoms of
failing. You'll start having data corruption issues if you don;t. You
can buy a replacement CHIPSET FAN from most computer shops and its a
simple swap over affair.


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Conor

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