P4C800E-DLX VDroop help

[snipper_cr]

Hello all. I know this is a rather old board but i would like some help if possible.

I performed the VDroop mod as indicated by the POT mod here http://www.malvescorner.net/p4c800.html (not the fixed resistor method).

I have the potentiometer set to 28k Ohms and plopped in a 3.4E Prescot processor. I power up and go into the BIOS where the voltage is set to auto (1.375 i think is the default for this processor). The voltage shows in the BIOS as 1.404 and fluctuates up to 1.424 volts. Now thats a rather decent fluctuation given the purpose of the mod. I set the voltage manually to the lowest (which later turns out to be what this processor loads at default) and as expected the voltage is the same.

I unsolder the potentiometer (just one leg from the actual trimmer) and boot up and the voltage reads about 1.315 volts with a fluctuation up to 1.327 volts, thats only a .01 difference as opposed to a .02 deviance.

What do I do about this? The additional voltage i am afraid might damage the processor when its not over clocked at all. The main purpose of this mod was to make sure that the voltage would be stable - not drastically highier.

Any ideas? Is there any way to measure on the board itself the actual reading of the voltage into the processor?

[snipper_cr]

Anyone, help?

[proth]

The higher actual voltage than the set voltage is very normal. Just set it lower in the BIOS to compensate.The .02v fluctuationa is also normal. The droop mod should help when the CPU is loaded. You'll see less drop with the mod.

[snipper_cr]

At its lowest setting (default voltage 1.375) without the droop mod is 1.310 volts. With the droop mod its 1.400 volts - all reported in bios.

im going to try it with my heavy duty OCZ power supply which will eventually test it. My troubleshooting PSU really isnt rated to power at such voltages this processor although it theoretically has enough amps... I hope it fixes it. Currently with the VDroop mod in Windows at Idle voltage is 1.42ish while load is about 1.36 which is still a decent droop. Again, maybe the corrent PSU would help.