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GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load

rdh

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GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« on: January 22, 2011, 12:24:27 pm »
BIOS: F7B

2600K
42 x 100
Core: 1.275
PLL: 1.780

PLL Overvoltage: Enabled
Load Line Calibration: Enabled

It seems a few people are suffering from this - and changing MB brands which work without issue.

Any ideas? I may swap this for another brand as it seems to be limiting the potential of this setup, it drops 0.1v in some cases. At the moment its dropping 0.015.

Dark Mantis

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 12:43:24 pm »
Hi
 
Is this just a glitch in the BIOS version though ?

0.015v is not a big problem I wouldn't say but I agree that 0.1v is a different matter.
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rdh

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 02:25:33 pm »
I can live with 0.015, which it seems to be consistent at the moment.

That's what I'm hoping - a BIOS update (soon) :)

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 02:31:32 pm »
Well please post back here if you get any news.  ;)
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Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
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Ziddith

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2011, 07:29:55 pm »
My UD3 drops alot aswell, but it lacks the VRM which I guess is what prevents big drops. But under max load it drops 0.1v which is alot. Just find it weird there is a LLC setting on my board since it only helps with 0.01v if even that. :)

Bradleyo

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 07:47:19 pm »
Might this be a problem with different power supplies, since it seems to be happening only with some people, but not all?  If it was a board or bios problem, then everyone would be experiencing this problem, right?
« Last Edit: January 22, 2011, 07:47:57 pm by Bradleyo »

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2011, 08:10:52 pm »
Yes that's a good point Bradleyo. Usually in these situations it is a combination of things that causes the problem when brought together.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

rdh

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Re: GB-P67A-UD4 (1.0): Core voltage drop under load
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2011, 09:03:56 pm »
For the record, mine is a Corsair HX 620. Not sure why the PSU would cause a voltage drop under load (you'd expect a BSOD) - the fact it can be reduced via settings could indicate its linked to an algorithm (i.e. the BIOS).

Enabling both LLC and PLL OV is keeping the drop at 0.015.