3,70 I/0 Volt in ABIT K7A-RAID Motherboard

[Rulo]

I have an axia "y" 1000 thunderbird @ 1440 ,1,85v core , 3,60v i/o, really is very stable, but some times its freeze, almost of the times only when I am having a look in this page (lol), I was thinking in add more i/o volt (3,7v) but I'm not sure if this is the limit for my computer ( I have a heavy load machine, network card, sound card, scsi card, tv card, gforce 2 gts, ect...) What do you thing about add more i/o? It can be dangerous for me system??

Thx to all

 

[William]

sounds like it is not completely stable. What temps are you getting. More specs are always nice to get such as hsf, thermal compound, case cooling, etc.

*modify* of course this could just be windows.

 

[Rob Cork]

What psu do you have? You shouldn't be having to raise the VIO to 3.7 unless your voltages are all over the place - in which case you'd be better off getting a higher rated power supply - or if you're trying for high fsb speeds (like at least 150), in which case you'd be better off lowering the multiplier rather than pushing your PCI components too far. I'd never run higher than 3.6V, though obviously it's up to you. Like William says, a little more info like psu, fsb/multiplier combination might help - though I'd be looking for another way to get the oc you want than by raising the VIO to such high levels.

 

[Rulo]

I'm using Watercooling so the temp isn't the problem (34 idle, 40 full load in the sunny spain), I have a 300w psu really I'dont know is this is enought

Any suggestions???

 

[Rulo]

I forgotted write it -> 1440 = 144 x10

Regards

 

[Rob Cork]

I think it's likely that it's one of your pci cards stopping you from going higher on the fsb. Whether or not it's true, network cards and SCSI cards have a reputation generally for not liking high fsb speeds. Although your pci devices are only operating at 36MHz rather than 33, there's still a chance that the instability is down to one of them. Try unlocking the cpu if you haven't already, and change the multiplier/fsb to 10.5/133 - that'll get you running at 1400MHz. Then raise the fsb again, and see whether you can go any higher than 1440 this time.

By the way, nice temps you have there

 

[Rulo]

Ok, I'll try to paint L1 bridges and try with differents ratios and slowly fsb

Thx to all