ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Yolanda]

Yes, if you set voltage not to Auto, it will be the same all time. I think set it to Auto, if everything works fine, also in Auto, mainboard sets voltage due processor specs, as I remember for your E6600 it will be 1.32V, but under load voltage always lowering a bit and also CPU-Z is a program and for a precision you must use multimeter device and measure it yourself. That is way, then you set 1.28V it shows lower: 1.25V. Also don't worry if you count energy: under load it will use less energy, your processor works on voltage lower then in it specs, but under idle, processor load is very small and it willn't consume a lot of energy, only a bit more, then at 1.16V.
It is not a bug, because only overclockers change voltage and developers make it so not to make the following: anyone overclocks processor a lot, at idle (multiplier 6) frequency also increased and 1.16V maybe not enough to operate.

I don't know how your cooler works and also I didn't use DH Remote, I can give you an advice to use your cooler through variable resistor to lower fan speed (you can buy this cheep device, really it's a controlled voltage source, I use something it from Zalman, which they include with a lot of their coolers or sell separately). Every nice cooler can cool any dual core CPU without very high voltage increase at low fan speed.