ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

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Nice temps - you living on a glacier? I run a lot higher on air. Most CPU on air seem to need about 1.5 or more (amount varies CPU to CPU) to reach 3.6. My oher seetings runnng @3.6GHz are FSB=1.3,MCH=1.65,ICH=1.2. I increase MCH (NB) to 1.65 to stabalise for anythig beween 380-420 as a rule. then 1.75v if going higher As per CPU seems to vary board to board some get higher with lower. I would loosen memory timings to 4,4,4,12 until you get the higher FSB sorted. Disable everything in the BIOS you dont recognise or arent using e.g virtulisastion etc.

Sorry, I meant to say Coretemp... TAT shows a few degrees higher than that. I'll try using 1.65 MCH and 1.5 vcore with 4-4-4-12. Is it safe to run your CPU at 1.5V all of the time? Just asking because it's quite a bit higher than the specs from intel which show a max of 1.325V. I don't care if I shorten the life, as long as it lasts a couple of years.

Also, can someone clarify this for me, because I keep getting different answers. What program do people usually report their temps from? I'm at part load, and Speedfan currently says 22C, Coretemp says 25C/28C, and TAT says 27C/32C. Which temp am I supposed to report?