Gigabyte P965 DS3 V-Droop Problem?

[prosser13]

According to CPU-Z my actual load voltage is up to 0.045V lower than what it is set to in the BIOS...

Does anyone know if this is a known problem and if so, is there a mod to sort it out? :)

Ta!

[Jokester]

Vdrop is nothing to worry about, Vdroop is where the voltage drops between idle and load.

[jabski]

http://resources.vr-zone.com.sg/Shamino/dss3/26.jpg

here you go :cool:

Directly short out the resistor circled above, with a conductive pen or a tiny blob of solder.

Picture courtesy of Kunaak from XtremeSystems

[prosser13]

Don't see a picture :(

And maybe I've got the wrong definition of V-Droop...

All that happens is that the voltage is a lot lower in CPU-Z than it's set in the BIOS, and it's annoying that I have to set it a lot higher in the BIOS than CPU-Z reports it as. That is assuming CPU-Z is reporting correctly...

[jabski]

According to CPU-Z my actual load voltage is up to 0.045V lower than what it is set to in the BIOS...



is the vcore reading lower when at load to when idle ?? If so then thats what vdroop is

[K404]

dont believe CPU-Z.

Also: dont be too quick to believe what you set in BIOS. The BIOS voltages you select are just a value associated with an output voltage the PWM IC can put out. NO guarantee that they'll match, and iv seen enough howlers to reckon that BIOS engineers dont bother checking BIOS options Vs reality...

[prosser13]

How can I check what I'm actually putting through the CPU then?

[K404]

DMM and a piece of wire :D

Best place to find CPU voltage is from the output of the CPU chokes- the pin of the choke thats closer to the CPU. Thats the voltage that actually goes to the CPU. :) The pin is on the underside of the board, so the bit of wire gets soldered to the pin and looped onto the top of the board to make measuring easy :D

For the RAM:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2710/ddr2ddrslotay9.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ddr2ddrslotay9.jpg)

Same for each slot- the pin marked in red.

[jabski]

nice one :)

[Johnny Bravo]

what you are refering to is vdrop not vdroop. droop is an idle to load change, vdrop is a term coined to describe the difference between the voltage set in the BIOS and the actual voltage the power regulators output.