vcore voltage

[JH]

Hi,

I have an athlon 2200+ with an Asus a7v266 m/b. I set the vcore voltage to
its default of 1.6v but the Asus PCProbe program reports its 1.68v. Why the
descrepancy?

I have a second question. The m/b fan doesn't always work. It sometimes
kicks in when the computer is booting. Is this a problem? Should I get the
m/b replaced? Or is the m/b fan not critical. I noticed it does not have a
way to monitor via BIOS.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Conor]

Hi,

I have an athlon 2200+ with an Asus a7v266 m/b. I set the vcore voltage to
its default of 1.6v but the Asus PCProbe program reports its 1.68v. Why the
descrepancy?

Because its reporting what it thinks the motherboard is telling it. The
crux of the matter is that unless you put a voltmeter on it, you can't
trust these programs.

I have a second question. The m/b fan doesn't always work. It sometimes
kicks in when the computer is booting. Is this a problem? Should I get the
m/b replaced? Or is the m/b fan not critical. I noticed it does not have a
way to monitor via BIOS.

It will become a problem. The fan is showing the first symptoms of
failing. You'll start having data corruption issues if you don;t. You
can buy a replacement CHIPSET FAN from most computer shops and its a
simple swap over affair.