Wat happens if i set the voltage too high??

zak4000 · 09-27-2006, 06:22 PM

wat happens if i set the voltage to high for my AMD Athlon 64 3800? at the moment its at 1.4V. will it damage it? and my memory is corsiar PC2-6400 rated voltage is 1.9V, its at 2V. is it ok to increase the voltage any more?

Bootup05 · 09-27-2006, 06:26 PM

Think of it this way, the more voltage you give your components, the hotter they get, thus making there life shorter, what is your RAM's default voltage, I wouldn't push it to 2v if it was something like 1.7 in the first place, but if it was only 1.8 @ stock you should be alright, I seriously don't recommend going over 2v though whatever your stock voltage is

loque · 09-27-2006, 07:28 PM

Increasing the voltage will produce more heat and might reduce the lifespan of the component (not noticeably though).

m0nk3ys1ms · 09-27-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zak4000

wat happens if i set the voltage to high for my AMD Athlon 64 3800? at the moment its at 1.4V. will it damage it? and my memory is corsiar PC2-6400 rated voltage is 1.9V, its at 2V. is it ok to increase the voltage any more?

Are you doing any overclocking?

murphys_law · 09-27-2006, 11:50 PM

Be very carefull when adjusting your voltages

m0nk3ys1ms · 09-27-2006, 11:51 PM

If your not overclocking, don't mess with them.

**jancz3rt** · 09-27-2006, 11:53 PM

Heya,

I would recommend leaving voltages at stock levels for all components. If you overclock, aim not to go higher than 1.55V on the A64. The memory should not need that much more juice. +0.1V is just fine. However, if you are not overclocking it would be worthless. Setting the voltage too high would destroy your components in the longer term or could lead to generating extra heat and other such problems.

JAN

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zak4000 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Norfolk, England Posts: 14	Wat happens if i set the voltage too high?? wat happens if i set the voltage to high for my AMD Athlon 64 3800? at the moment its at 1.4V. will it damage it? and my memory is corsiar PC2-6400 rated voltage is 1.9V, its at 2V. is it ok to increase the voltage any more? __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Skt. AM2 Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLi Deluxe Wireless Edition Memory: 2x 512MB Corsair PC2-6400 800MHz Timings: 5-4-5-10-2T GFX Card: EVGA e-GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB HDD: 1x IDE Maxtor 7L250R0 250GB 16MB Chache 7200RPM 1x SATA II Hitachi Deskstar T7K200 200GB S300 8MB Chache 7200RPM PSU: 600W OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 Xfire: zak4000

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Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Think of it this way, the more voltage you give your components, the hotter they get, thus making there life shorter, what is your RAM's default voltage, I wouldn't push it to 2v if it was something like 1.7 in the first place, but if it was only 1.8 @ stock you should be alright, I seriously don't recommend going over 2v though whatever your stock voltage is __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

09-27-2006, 11:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Heya Heya, I would recommend leaving voltages at stock levels for all components. If you overclock, aim not to go higher than 1.55V on the A64. The memory should not need that much more juice. +0.1V is just fine. However, if you are not overclocking it would be worthless. Setting the voltage too high would destroy your components in the longer term or could lead to generating extra heat and other such problems. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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09-27-2006, 07:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
loque Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 132	Increasing the voltage will produce more heat and might reduce the lifespan of the component (not noticeably though).

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murphys_law New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 12	Be very carefull when adjusting your voltages