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    Can CPU voltage be set higher than 1.45 in AOD?

    When gaming, I use an airconditioner, so it can take higher voltage.
    In AOD, I can only get 3.3. I run it at 2.6 when I'm not gaming and want to
    keep the voltage under 1.475.

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    You need to edit the Preferences.xml file in the AOD folder under your program files. Change <MaximumVCoreEnabled>0</MaximumVCoreEnabled> to <MaximumVCoreEnabled>1</MaximumVCoreEnabled>
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    Yep, hacking the preferences file gets the job done.

    But, if the system hangs or crashes, it will rewrite the file with the 1.45 value, so you have to edit the file again..and again... and again (if you crash it over and over like me )
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    Quote Originally Posted by nanohead View Post
    Yep, hacking the preferences file gets the job done.

    But, if the system hangs or crashes, it will rewrite the file with the 1.45 value, so you have to edit the file again..and again... and again (if you crash it over and over like me )
    Could you not just make the file read only so it can't rewrite it?
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    Good stuff. Thanks

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    It only went to 1.475. Should I use -2- ?

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    I tried it and mine went to 1.55v
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    Heh. No, it's either on or off (0 or 1). Adding to it doesn't turn it super-on or anything. It just unlocks the highest setting your motherboard reports it can go to instead of the soft limit of 1.45V AOD imposes. Honestly though, going over 1.45V on an X4 isn't the right solution. If you're using a K8, you might do a bit more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Particle View Post
    Heh. No, it's either on or off (0 or 1). Adding to it doesn't turn it super-on or anything. It just unlocks the highest setting your motherboard reports it can go to instead of the soft limit of 1.45V AOD imposes. Honestly though, going over 1.45V on an X4 isn't the right solution. If you're using a K8, you might do a bit more.
    bull Mine go's up to 1.8000 in bios.

    I just did this and had to make it able to write able here

    it's is only up to 1.55
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    It is not the max of the bios but the max of the chip itself (which is 1.55) that this enables..
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    Quote Originally Posted by demonkevy666 View Post
    bull Mine go's up to 1.8000 in bios.

    I just did this and had to make it able to write able here

    it's is only up to 1.55
    Why so confrontational?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Particle View Post
    Why so confrontational?
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    Quote Originally Posted by demonkevy666 View Post
    force of happbit.

    ok dont take this wrong, as i am the worsed typist there is, fast and inaccurate. but your typo's are funny, how the hell did you get this wrong?

    Happbit? the P and B keys are miles apart

    and this one is good too,

    I just did this and had to make it able to write able here

    now dont get me wrong, i assume your from the US as stated in your location stats, so please forgive me if your learning english.

    but this is way off mark, although very understandable.

    or maybe your dyslweic, and again i apoligise if you are.

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    FWIW... I edited that file tonight, cranked my CPU v's up using AOD to 1.55 hoping to get better than 3.3Ghz benchable and killed my main rig!

    I tried resetting CMOS, unplugging etc and still can't get anything more than a quick flash of lightss on the fans without any boot....

    Hopefully, if I let it all cool down things will be better tommorow....

    Just wanted you all to know this may be a risky move. I actually had pretty decent clocks before I edited that file @ 1.45v's on the CPU....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daveburt714 View Post
    FWIW... I edited that file tonight, cranked my CPU v's up using AOD to 1.55 hoping to get better than 3.3Ghz benchable and killed my main rig!

    I tried resetting CMOS, unplugging etc and still can't get anything more than a quick flash of lightss on the fans without any boot....

    Hopefully, if I let it all cool down things will be better tommorow....

    Just wanted you all to know this may be a risky move. I actually had pretty decent clocks before I edited that file @ 1.45v's on the CPU....

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    I I have never raised it that high and in fact this mobo overvolts by .05 to .07 so you actually put 1.6+v into that cpu.

    I just wanted to add also I overclock to 3.25ghz @ 1.45v in the bios then manually set the aod.....using the edited file the most I put into this cpu is 1.55v I never just raised it all the way

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    I have set voltage many times to 1.55 in both m3a8pro and mea79t and nothing happened really....
    Well if my cpu was dead i would be glad by the way,because something's wrong with temps in my 9950.
    And also propably the mobo is dead and not the cpu...
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    Your CPU will probably be fine, Dave. It sounds like you've been hit by a case of MSI Mayhem. (dead MOSFETs)
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    i have put over 1.6 into my 9850BE and MSI K9A2 Plat....

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    ^ And a rarity

    K9A2 Plats love falling over in droves at even modest voltages.
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    Quote Originally Posted by soundood View Post
    ok dont take this wrong, as i am the worsed typist there is, fast and inaccurate. but your typo's are funny, how the hell did you get this wrong?

    Happbit? the P and B keys are miles apart

    and this one is good too,

    I just did this and had to make it able to write able here

    now dont get me wrong, i assume your from the US as stated in your location stats, so please forgive me if your learning english.

    but this is way off mark, although very understandable.

    or maybe your dyslexic, and again i if you are.
    dyslexic, apologize.

    probably was up late and too lazy to edit it.

    (language art wasn't a good subject for me ever)
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    Quote Originally Posted by demonkevy666 View Post
    dyslexic, apologize.

    probably was up late and too lazy to edit it.

    (language art wasn't a good subject for me ever)
    me neither, i speak english correct to the letter, some peeps say i sound snobbish, upper class'ish, im not, im from a Council estate in Glasgow...lol.

    its just living in London for years, my accent has warped into this posh thing,

    as for my typing, i couldnt give a monkeys...lol

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    Just an Update....

    It apperars that the Mobo did in fact die, I swapped out the CPU for a 9850 last night, that didn't fix the problem, so tonight I tore the machine apart and ran it bare bones on a different PSU with the same results...

    Titan7171: Your right I can't really blame MSI for my problems. By modding that file I was operating the board outside of it's specs. It actually is a very nice board and I was quite happy with the results before I got a little carried away and killed it...

    That being said though, AMD has stated that 1.55v is the max Vcore limit for Phenom and even though the board overvolts a little (which I was aware of) I was pretty sure the CPU could handle it (it was 1.565 according to CPU-Z).

    I've been using MSI products for the last 5+ years and have been very happy with them, in fact you could probably call me an MSI fanboy, but as PARTICLE said they seem to have cheaped out on the PWM sections of their boards with the Phenom variants... The K9A2 and the DKA79GX both perform VERY well but seem to fail when you push too hard at overclocking. Unlike the K8N Neo2 which was a beast!!

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