a8n32 sli deluxe and voltage drops under load.

[hondaman]

I am running an opteron 170 @ 3ghz, 31c idle, and @ 1.6v

When I load up orthos, my vcore drops from 1.600 to 1.552, and at that moment, orthos fails.

Is this type of voltage drop normal under load? If not, whats most likely the primary reason for it?

Thanks guys.

System specs:

a8n32 sli deluxe
BFG 8800 GTX
Acera raid 5 with 3xraptors
opteron 170, CCBBE0615EPMW stepping
4x1 gig Corsair XMS-3500LL PRO memory
3x maxtor sata drives for storage
Enermax Noisetaker AX EG701 AX-VE 600w PSU

Swiftech MCP355 pump
Swiftech Storm waterblock
Swiftech MCR220-QP radiator
2x Danger Den Maze4 chipset waterblocks on NB and SB

[The Ghost]

two questions for you

what brand of power supply and wattage that it is ?

have you checked if you had a voltage problem before you overclocked ?

[hondaman]

two questions for you

what brand of power supply and wattage that it is ?

have you checked if you had a voltage problem before you overclocked ?


Its an Enermax 600w, and no, I didnt pay attention to it prior, as this is the first cpu on this mb I've tried to really push.

[acrobuddy]

seems to be normal for these boards, unfortunately, me an jamex have said our problem here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96900&page=109 seems it is just an issue with this board.

[Sparky]

My A8R32-MVP has a different "problem" - while idle the Vcore bounces between 1.35V (stock) and 1.4V. When loaded it stops bouncing and stabilizes at 1.36V...
I don't know if it is PSU or just a voltage regulator instability.

[Metalkobra]

That isnt a bad fluctuation, it could be a little better like 1.57 but i dont think its worth worrying about if everything else is working fine.