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Even if it might be a software error, everything is reading slightly higher. I guess there's not much to do about it then.
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I don't know if it would make that much of a difference. You can try adding slightly more voltage, like 1.26 or 1.27.
Well, at least the voltage drop brought the temps down to normal. That's less than what mine was on the stock cooler with stock speeds and undervolted. Is the CPU stable now at least?
I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully they're replace it since it's not even stable at it's stock speed. Good luck!
well RMA was approved so hopefully ill have the new core by next week thursday or friday
alda,
would u suggest i double check bios after installing and lower voltage down to 1.25 right away? cause im sure my bios will put it back to 1.4 stock again
i imagine it would be a good idea, but better to be safe not sorry XD
knock on wood *knock* *knock*
replacement core is in, voltage is set at 1.275 in bios, CPU-Z and HWMonitor both say its @ 1.26 however
P95 is running, it has been running a little over 15 mins, all cores have "Self-test 720k passed!", temps are @ 43*C at the moment and so far so good
Mid Typing Edit XD
getting close to 20 mins now
40 mins in
i just noticed, and this is under the assumption that the programs are reading accurately, that the voltage even under constant load is @ 1.28v
if that drop happened @ 1.25v *which in the programs read 1.25 max* or @ 1.275 bios *which in the programs read 1.26*
that would have put me @ 1.23-1.24v
and with just the single kit in, i think its good
i am gonna let this run through the night, and start looking for a better cooler as well, cause i dont like these temps, even tho ill never be under that extreme load for very long if at all
Hello there! Just a few questions, it seems like I'm having a similar situation here... I also have an fx-4170, installed on an asus board (m5a97 pro) with 2x4gb gskill sniper 1866 cl 9-10-9.
I'm using the stock heatsink/fan, my cores aren't failing, but I noticed the temps were too high under load... on stock voltage they went up to 64°C stressing the CPU with p95 blend test, 51°C per core... seeing your post I decided to check the votages, and the vid shows a range between 0.8125min and 1.4125v max... the cpu varies between those values depending on the duty it has to perform...
1.4125v seems an overkill to run the processor on stock speed, so I decided to drop it down lo 1.25v +/- 0.022, gettin 1.272 under load, and 1.232 on idle... temps went down to 56°C cpu and 42°C per core under stress... tested stability with p95, blend test +2hours...
My question is, once you got the replacement, did you set up you voltages manually or the cpu came with 1.25 vid stock?
I'm really mad right now with my system, I'm having difficulties to drop the temps down, and it seems like the stock voltage is too high for the stock multiplier... setting the voltage manually makes me loose the oportunity to idle at 0.8125vcore... any help would be very apressiated!!
EDIT: BTW, you may want to check your PSU voltages... they seem unstable, or else, the sensors are getting wrong data... you have -12 at -14.27; -5v at -13.31; +5vcch at 3.63... +12v rail is almost close to the acceptable error limit (+/- 5% error, you still have +0.18v of headroom).