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Ecs 915p-a
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22. December 2007 @ 01:27 |
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can anyone find me the volt mod to an Ecs 915p-a. i saw one a while back and now i cant seem to find it.
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22. December 2007 @ 02:05 |
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A voltmod to your motherboard? I can't think of a reason you'd want to do that off hand, besides, it should be in your BIOS.
Unless this pertains to your graphics card voltmod, which you should keep to the other thread.
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22. December 2007 @ 02:13 |
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no no
the motherboard is having stability issues
i would like to provide some more voltage to the chipset...
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22. December 2007 @ 02:19 |
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You should never have stability issues with a chipset unless a) it's faulty or b) it isn't being delivered sufficient power.
What Power supply are you using?
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22. December 2007 @ 02:22 |
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its an Ultra 350 watt
pc specs:
Pentium 4 630 (3ghz, 2meg l2 cache, 800 mhz fsb)
GeForce 6200 256meg agp
1 x 200 gb SATA hdd
sum generic DVD burner
2 gb ddr(1) pc3200 400mhz ram
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22. December 2007 @ 02:27 |
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i suspect its a problem with the power regulators... on the motherboard
i have tried a 600 watt and that doesnt seem to do the trick either
if you are wondering if the 600 watt has enought oomph to run it, the same 600 watt runs my SLI system without any flaws including an e6300 C2D at 3 ghz
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22. December 2007 @ 02:56 |
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OK so we can rule out the power supply. As for the voltage regs on the motherboard you could well be right. You can test that though. If the PC is stable enough to get into windows for a few minutes, download speedfan and see what it reports the chipset voltage to be. If it fluctuates, or looks low, then it's probably the vregs. However, on an ECS board it could be anything, they're usually of pretty low build quality I'm afraid to say.
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22. December 2007 @ 03:06 |
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which voltage is the chipset voltage?
under which title is in it?
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22. December 2007 @ 03:11 |
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I'm not sure, what voltages does it list?
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22. December 2007 @ 03:13 |
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vcore - 1.39v
+12v - 5.90v
3.3v - 3.28v
vcc - 5.07v
vin2 - 0.00v
5vsb - 5.04v
vbat - 0.00v
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22. December 2007 @ 03:17 |
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Hmm, your chipset voltage isn't listed there. All I can suggest is to try Hmonitor instead.
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22. December 2007 @ 03:25 |
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+5v = between +5.08v and +5.11v
Core = between +1.39v and +1.40v
Aux = 1.55v
+3.3v = bewteen +3.26v and +3.30v
thats what the Hmonitor showed me, the rest of the voltages are grayed out
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22. December 2007 @ 03:34 |
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Aux sounds like your chipset voltage. 1.55V sounds fine to me. Try running a CPU intensive application (such as a CPU benchmark) and a chipset-intensive operation (such as a large file transfer) and see if it drops. If it doesn't, the Vregs probably aren't the problem.
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22. December 2007 @ 03:37 |
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what would be a good cpu intensive benchmark?
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22. December 2007 @ 03:39 |
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OCCT and Orthos are the big ones people seem to use these days.
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22. December 2007 @ 03:41 |
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how long shall i run orthos and the big file transfer?
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22. December 2007 @ 03:42 |
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You needn't run them for very long, a minute would probably suffice. If there was a major voltage drop, you'd spot it instantly. A small amount is to be expected, but if the value dips below 1.5V, you have regulation issues.
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22. December 2007 @ 03:47 |
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the aux didnt even change .01v, although the other voltages fluctuated a bit but not more than .05v so the regulators look okay
what then is the problem with the stability?
the stability issue is that suddenly the whole computer turns extremely slow, the ram has been checked with memtest 86, i even dropped another know good stick to make sure, the hard drive was wiped and a new installation of xp was installed. drivers are updated, i have used several other graphics cards but still get the same problem.
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22. December 2007 @ 05:25 |
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If I'm honest, I think it's the motherboard itself. I've had issues along those lines, completely solved by replacing the board, and as I've mentioned before, ECS boards are known for their problems.
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22. December 2007 @ 06:01 |
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do you know of any cheap lga775 boards that can run a p4 630, have sata, have a pci-e slot, and not be ecs?
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22. December 2007 @ 06:15 |
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22. December 2007 @ 15:24 |
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does it have overclocking features?
i dont really need overclocking features but if it does, they may come in handy in the future...
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24. December 2007 @ 04:20 |
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I would never bother trying to overclock on a cheap motherboard if I'm honest, they just aren't made for it. Neither would I recommend overclocking a P4 Prescott really, they get very hot. If you want to dabble with overclocking, you'll want a proper board like a GA-P35-DS3L and a decent CPU cooler.
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24. December 2007 @ 04:30 |
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i agree, but i just need a cheap solution, i guess i will just not overclock that p4 for now....
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24. December 2007 @ 04:33 |
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The performance benefits of overclocking a P4 using cheap equipment are almost non-existant, they get so hot, you really do need to get an additional cooler. A cheap Gigabyte mobo like the one I posted will probably manage, but you won't see a big performance boost.
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