cant raise cpu voltage

bitbull187 · 04-05-2009, 02:15 PM

hello, here are my specs

msi p7n sli platinum
intel e8400 3.0ghz wolfdale - cooled with zalman 9500at
dual pny 8800gt 512mb -cooled with dual zalman vf1000
8 gig ocz platinum gamer ram pc6400
corsair 850w psu

ok so i oced the machine to 3.6ghz it was stable in all aspects left stress tests and orthos run for two days straight it was fine. but during games ie cod4 system would lock up. someone had mentioned stepping up cpu voltage a hair, it is 1.24 right now, i need to up it too 1.35v but i cannot do this. bios wil not let me change the values, the stable oc was fsb clock 1600 and memory clock 400mhz this was stable until game play. does anyone know how to set voltage in the msi bios, it is not user friendly and i am lost. any input would be greatly appreciated.

bitbull187 · 04-05-2009, 03:10 PM

also i forgot to mention case fans
120mm raidmaxx intake in front
80mm antec intake over gpu's
80mm antec exaust over cpu
120mm raidmaxx exaust under psu

bitbull187 · 04-05-2009, 04:26 PM

ok got the cpu voltage to 0.0872 running at 3.6ghz not to sure how msi did the volt multiplyer but hopefully it is a safe voltage. this chipped when oced fully runs stable at 4.0ghz. if anyone knows more about this stuff feel free to bash me

bitbull187 · 04-05-2009, 08:36 PM

now my temps are crazy anyone.... *echoes*

bitbull187 · 04-05-2009, 09:27 PM

ok scarth that i have it stable at 3.6 for anything but games, a little into game freeze, i really dont know what else to do.

04-05-2009, 02:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
bitbull187 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 20 OS: vista 64bit ulltimate	cant raise cpu voltage hello, here are my specs msi p7n sli platinum intel e8400 3.0ghz wolfdale - cooled with zalman 9500at dual pny 8800gt 512mb -cooled with dual zalman vf1000 8 gig ocz platinum gamer ram pc6400 corsair 850w psu ok so i oced the machine to 3.6ghz it was stable in all aspects left stress tests and orthos run for two days straight it was fine. but during games ie cod4 system would lock up. someone had mentioned stepping up cpu voltage a hair, it is 1.24 right now, i need to up it too 1.35v but i cannot do this. bios wil not let me change the values, the stable oc was fsb clock 1600 and memory clock 400mhz this was stable until game play. does anyone know how to set voltage in the msi bios, it is not user friendly and i am lost. any input would be greatly appreciated.

04-05-2009, 03:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
bitbull187 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 20 OS: vista 64bit ulltimate	Re: cant raise cpu voltage also i forgot to mention case fans 120mm raidmaxx intake in front 80mm antec intake over gpu's 80mm antec exaust over cpu 120mm raidmaxx exaust under psu

04-05-2009, 04:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
bitbull187 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 20 OS: vista 64bit ulltimate	Re: cant raise cpu voltage ok got the cpu voltage to 0.0872 running at 3.6ghz not to sure how msi did the volt multiplyer but hopefully it is a safe voltage. this chipped when oced fully runs stable at 4.0ghz. if anyone knows more about this stuff feel free to bash me

04-05-2009, 08:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
bitbull187 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 20 OS: vista 64bit ulltimate	Re: cant raise cpu voltage now my temps are crazy anyone.... echoes

04-05-2009, 09:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
bitbull187 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 20 OS: vista 64bit ulltimate	Re: cant raise cpu voltage ok scarth that i have it stable at 3.6 for anything but games, a little into game freeze, i really dont know what else to do.