Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
i dont think more than 1.3v vtt kills cpus, i know some people reported that, but i think it was something else that killed the cpus, or the cpu was damaged because they ran much higher vtt than that before settling for 1.3v, or vtt was unstable, or vtt was bound to vmch and that was the problem... i think on some boards you shouldnt use more vt than vmch or else it might damage the cpu or something? i think that was on gigabyte boards, but im not sure.

and dont forget your using a 45nm cpu, which means setting 1.3v in bios will results in 1.2v.
vt is crucial in reaching high fsb speeds, unless you wanna fiddle with cpu gtl, and even then you will need high vtt to reach high fsb speeds with a quad.
and fsb seems to be your problem, you cant get all cores stable at a high fsb, right?

about vcore, could be that your cpu just doesnt like more vcore?
there shouldnt be any safety features... lots of people run 2v without issues for benching on ln2.
what psu are you using?
what do you mean with relays wont latch?

i dont think more than 1.3v vtt kills cpus, i know some people reported that, but i think it was something else that killed the cpus, or the cpu was damaged because they ran much higher vtt than that before settling for 1.3v, or vtt was unstable, or vtt was bound to vmch and that was the problem... i think on some boards you shouldnt use more vt than vmch or else it might damage the cpu or something? i think that was on gigabyte boards, but im not sure.

Saaya, would appreciate qualification on the above, don’t want to prove you wrong at my expense.

and dont forget your using a 45nm cpu, which means setting 1.3v in bios will results in 1.2v.

Yes I am aware of that issue, so again clarification as to acceptable voltage setting.

vt is crucial in reaching high fsb speeds, unless you wanna fiddle with cpu gtl, and even then you will need high vtt to reach high fsb speeds with a quad.

Yes, I am aware of increased are required, some numbers please that will give results.

and fsb seems to be your problem, you cant get all cores stable at a high fsb, right?

Not shure on this, just want to run the cpu at 5200mhz on dice with this board as I can on other motherboards I have, so I can bench a pair of 3870’s I have awaiting benching, because Blackops has pci-e 16 lanes for both cards, where as the Mars is restricted to 1 @ 16 and 1 @ 4. again this setup of 5200Mhz on the Mars is easy, any time.

about vcore, could be that your cpu just doesnt like more vcore?

Will test out later, will borrow a Qx9650 and try for you.

there shouldnt be any safety features... lots of people run 2v without issues for benching on ln2.

Yes, I have seen the results, I also want to do it.

what psu are you using?

Corsair 1000Hx

what do you mean with relays wont latch?

Fans run only, should have got the code, my mistake sorry