Core voltage

[Wolfman11511]

ok I ran sandra and she said my CPU core voltage was set too high. I can't find what it is suppossed to be or how to set it. I downloaded a hardware sensor monitor and it says: Mainboard temp is 44 degrees C, CPU temp is 23 degrees C, Core voltage is 1.66v Aux is 1.66v. The mainboard temp is yellow, which means caution, the core and aux voltage are red, which means WHOA. My system seems to be running pretty good, but anything I can do to make it more stable I would like to do. Any feedback would be appreciated.


Specs :
Asus A7N8X DLX (Rev 2.0)
AMD XP 2500 "Barton"
WD 120 GB "Special Edition" HDD
WD 80 GB 2MB cache (Slave)
Corsair XMS PC 2700 DDR
Gainward Gforce 4 Ti 4200 (64 MB)
Antec 1040 case w/Antec 400 watt psu
Sony 52x24x52 CD/RW


Thanks,
Wolf

[jmichna]

Default core voltage for Barton 2500+ is 1.65v. You're fine... ignore Sandra in this case.

[Wolfman11511]

what about the mainboard temp?

[thePh@r@oh]

you say its in the yellow...what is the number it reports?

[Dax_Brandy]

hmmm...your mainboard temp is higher than CPU temp.. isnt it the other way around? this why i dont use Sandra anymore..

[jmichna]

Originally posted by Wolfman11511
what about the mainboard temp?

The sensors being read are reversed by Sandra. The mainboard can't be hotter than the cpu. Try using Motherboard Monitor instead of Sandar for temp and voltage monitoring.

Also, are you actually experiencing any instabilities/lockups/errors, or is this all just prompted by Sandra's "odd" readings?