Any way to lower below stock volts on Abit IC7-MAX3?

[freecableguy]

I am running the rig in my sig (hey, that rhymes) at the lowest selectable via the IC7-MAX3 BIOS 16 - 1.6V which does undervolt to about 1.58V. I would like to go lower....does anybody know a way to reduce this?

[Rodzilla]

Stupid question on my part but.... Why would you want to do that?

[freecableguy]

Less heat. If I am stable at 4Ghz at stock voltage then I might be stable at a lower voltage...who knows until you try.

[Rodzilla]

Well... There are volt mods to increase the VCore right? Track down the resistor that is inline with this mod (The one you bridge to bypass and lower the resistance) Remove this resistor and put a pot in it's place and set it at a larger resistance...

But I'm not even sure if there is a mod for VCore...

[freecableguy]

Boyah! Down to 1.5V now. Full load temperatures have dropped 4C. That's what I call progress! I can't wait to see what this chip will do in the wintertime here in Washington state.

-kjb

[Rodzilla]

4GHz... 1.5VCore... NICE! What's default VCore (save me from looking it up..

[freecableguy]

Default for this chip (by BIOS) is 1.6V, I believe this is what it is in the Intel Spec Finder too.

[Rodzilla]

http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL7CH&ProcFam=1026&PkgType=ALL&SysBusSpd=ALL&CorSpd=ALL

1.575V

[freecableguy]

My BIOS selects "1.600" for this chip if I select "Default". Other chips I have had in this board would go to "1.550" or "1.575"...this ES might have been set a little higher...

[Rodzilla]

there are only 2 P4EE chips on the spec finder... do you have one not listed??

[freecableguy]

I have that information except my default voltage is 1.600.

[Rodzilla]

BIOS is prob just setting it a tad high... Mine has done that for every chip I've had in it.