Voltahe-Way too high?

[Night Eyes]

Ok, Recently I thought about overclocking one of my computers, but I Decided to try it on my oooooooold AMD Duron (Spitfire) 700 MHz first, Just to see what its like.

 

Anyway, I load up CPU-Z To find that the voltage is set at "3.038".

Like, wtf!?

 

On this chart (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.ellings...history_big.gif) It says that the voltage should be 1.6-1.7 for an AMD Duron Spitfire.

 

Isnt that like....Dangerous?!?! The CPU Usually runs about 45-47 Celsius (With my new Fan +Heatsink), Which is okay I Guess....But is this Voltage too high?

 

I never changed it since I've owned it, But my brother owned it back in the day when it was a good computer, he might have done it...But I dont see why you would just change the voltage and nothing else.

 

Should I lower the Voltage at all? How will this effect my computer?

 

-Thanks again!

 

Edit-Ugh....Spelt Voltage wrong in the title, can anyone fix this?

Edited August 26, 2005 by Night_eyes

[SIP YEK NOD]

if the vcore was truly double what it should be, the processor would be a hell of a lot hotter than 48*C. try checking for an indication of your voltages in your bios. it would be more acurate than CPU-Z

[Night Eyes]

if the vcore was truly double what it should be, the processor would be a hell of a lot hotter than 48*C. try checking for an indication of your voltages in your bios. it would be more acurate than CPU-Z

....Aye, I did just that, and VCORE In the Bios os 1.57, stupid me. But why would CPU-Z Not be as accurate? On my other Amd Athlon its exactly the same in the Bios as CPU-Z.

 

Another Question, What does it mean under the Vcore when it says-

 

+3.3 V - 3.48 V

+5 V - 4.83

+12 V - 11.97

[SIP YEK NOD]

CPU-Z is just getting an inacurate reading

 

 

and the other numbers are your other voltages. your 3.3V rail is at 3.48V, your 5V rail is running at 4.83V and so on. if your voltages are too high, it could fry cheap components(such as cheap lights and such), if they are undervoltage, your components won't get enough power. yours are in an acceptable range.