Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

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Have you measured the voltage or are you trusting what the bios is telling you? I have been putting my trust in everest for the vdimm readings because I dont want to toast my crucials (at least not yet).

the measured voltage is now 0.04v lower than what Everest/BIOS are reporting. before, the measured voltage was bang on with what Everest/BIOS were reporting.

for example...
BIOS set...BIOS/Everest...DMM measured
1.74v......1.84v..........1.80v
1.90v......2.00v..........1.96v

i'm using a calibrated RMS multi-meter from a VDD pin on an open DIMM slot. you can also use the circled capacitors for measuring as they report the same as the VDD pin:



there are a bunch of capacitors up and down the DIMM slots that work as well, just probe around if these don't work for you. these ones are easiest to get at on the outside of the white DIMM slot in-between the slot and the 24-pin connector.

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the measured voltage is now 0.04v lower than what Everest/BIOS are reporting. before, the measured voltage was bang on with what Everest/BIOS were reporting.

for example...
BIOS set...BIOS/Everest...DMM measured
1.74v......1.84v..........1.80v
1.90v......2.00v..........1.96v

i'm using a calibrated RMS multi-meter from a VDD pin on an open DIMM slot. you can also use the circled capacitors for measuring as they report the same as the VDD pin:



there are a bunch of capacitors up and down the DIMM slots that work as well, just probe around if these don't work for you. these ones are easiest to get at on the outside of the white DIMM slot in-between the slot and the 24-pin connector.

Maybe this is why I couldnt do 7-7-7-14 at 1800 memtest stable at vdimm 2.0 in bios.