- Joined
- Jun 5, 2002
- Location
- The Netherlands
I always had quite a low 3.3v/5v line according to my BIOS and programs like MBM5.
Even at a fsb of 100, the 5v line is around 4.86 idle.
Idle and load voltages show quite some voltagedrops average.
Quite recently I measured the 5v/12v line with a digital voltage reading device connected to one of the molex' and I was suprised:
perfect around 5.00 and 12.00 and hardly any difference idle vs load nor between with a fsb of 100 or 133 or 138.
Err, right
I was looking for a reason why I cannot overclock my system past the 143fsb line, and I thought the PSU was the one to blame.
But now? Hmm, I'm a bit confused.
Is there a reason to not always trust what the BIOS says?
The voltages apart from the 5v and 3v line (12v only a tad lower than what I measured) all seem to be fine / accurate and show hardly any difference between idle and load.
Maybe the MoBo connector is from a different circuit in the PSU?
Could be my Palomino CPu aswell, but I do not know if I can rule out my PSU for blocking my OC attempts.....it is either the PSU, CPU or both.
Even at a fsb of 100, the 5v line is around 4.86 idle.
Idle and load voltages show quite some voltagedrops average.
Quite recently I measured the 5v/12v line with a digital voltage reading device connected to one of the molex' and I was suprised:
perfect around 5.00 and 12.00 and hardly any difference idle vs load nor between with a fsb of 100 or 133 or 138.
Err, right
I was looking for a reason why I cannot overclock my system past the 143fsb line, and I thought the PSU was the one to blame.
But now? Hmm, I'm a bit confused.
Is there a reason to not always trust what the BIOS says?
The voltages apart from the 5v and 3v line (12v only a tad lower than what I measured) all seem to be fine / accurate and show hardly any difference between idle and load.
Maybe the MoBo connector is from a different circuit in the PSU?
Could be my Palomino CPu aswell, but I do not know if I can rule out my PSU for blocking my OC attempts.....it is either the PSU, CPU or both.