Conroe's Max Voltage?

[Donnie27]

The box says 1.35v Max. Last time Intel warned folks not to use more than 1.7V on Northwood Geeks didn't listen.:nono: Thinking they were smarter than Intel, many used 1.85v and even complained when their boards wouldn't do more than 1.9v. Then when the CPUs started dying and or getting unstable, they came up with SNDS.

There wasn't a damned thing sudden about running 1.85v for two months LOL!
So now with folks well over the 1.55v mark, can we expect Conroes and Allendales to start dying from being ran with too much voltage?

"Progressive electro-migration resulting in thermal failure". Message to me from AMD after my 1.33GHz Tbird died. They claimed I over clocked when that hot b@st@rd wouldn't couldn't be overclock 66MHz LOL! Many folks got that same message.

Wouldn't turning off EIST and etc. just speed this up unless you're running Vapo or etc...?

[pablo]

i wouldnt go over 1.5v

[Donnie27]

i wouldnt go over 1.5v

I just hope we don't find out that 1.45v was too much with Water!

[Kango]

EIST is Cool 'n Quiet for Intel CPUs. It's major purpose for existing is to reduce thermal tempurature of your CPU so that chassis fans do have to run at high RPMs to keep your system cool. Users in general dislike loud computers.

Will EIST lengthen the life of you processor? Sure! Instead of lasting 20 years at stock voltage and speed, it will last 20.001 years. (exageration is mine, but point made, I hope).

TM1 and TM2, on the otherhand, are vital for anyone who is experimenting with overclocking. IMHO, DO NOT EVERY DISABLE TMx WHILE ATTEMPTING OVERCLOCKING! It is a safety valve against thermal runaway. Turning it off will not allow you to overclock higher. Well, unless you plan on running your CPU at 85C or above. :(

Kango

[Donnie27]

EIST is Cool 'n Quiet for Intel CPUs. It's major purpose for existing is to reduce thermal tempurature of your CPU so that chassis fans do have to run at high RPMs to keep your system cool. Users in general dislike loud computers.

Will EIST lengthen the life of you processor? Sure! Instead of lasting 20 years at stock voltage and speed, it will last 20.001 years. (exageration is mine, but point made, I hope).

TM1 and TM2, on the otherhand, are vital for anyone who is experimenting with overclocking. IMHO, DO NOT EVERY DISABLE TMx WHILE ATTEMPTING OVERCLOCKING! It is a safety valve against thermal runaway. Turning it off will not allow you to overclock higher. Well, unless you plan on running your CPU at 85C or above. :(

Kango

No it's not and I'm getting pretty tired of hearing that. It's what it is, Speed Step LOL! Intel's Speed Step and AMD's Power Now have been around long before any Cool N' Quiet marketing crap-o-la. :)

I wasn't asking about temps, but Voltage sent to the processor for better overclocks. I'm just wondering how long before 1.55, 1.575 and 1.6 volts start killing off Conroes and if folks using those voltages will blame Intel again. I can already see the SCDS threads hehehehe!