1.84v Athlon 2000+ ???

[deadman_uk]

I bought my Athlon 2000+ 2 years ago almost, i couldnt fit it myself so i asked my uncles friend to install it for me. When I got the computer back it was fine.

But the cpu voltage is 1.84v and I know for a fact thats not its default voltage so whats the deal? Sandra 2004 and my BIOS both says my cpu runs at 1.84v. My cpu gets to temps around high 50- mid 60's C which is not a nice feeling. I have a coolmaster cpu fan which is huge and should keep the cpu cool....... im guessing the high voltage is causing the high temperture???

Maybe my uncles friend made the cpu voltage 1.84v in the BIOS after he fitted it? if he did is it safe to turn it back to what it should be? i think it should be 1.7v ???

 

[mwarps]

Drop the voltage to stock.

What it may be is your uncle's friend boned you and gave you an overclocked CPU.
You can take the HSF off and check the step codes.

 

[deadman_uk]

Drop the voltage to stock

umm how?

What it may be is your uncle's friend boned you and gave you an overclocked CPU

boned me? what does that mean? I bought my cpu from a computer shop, he just fitted it.
it sure isnt overclocked it registers at 1.667ghz

You can take the HSF off and check the step codes.

If i was to cautious to install the cpu, i certainally am cautious in touching anywhere near it....... is there a setting in the bios i can safety change?

 

[NewBlackDak]

umm how?



boned me? what does that mean? I bought my cpu from a computer shop, he just fitted it.
it sure isnt overclocked it registers at 1.667ghz



If i was to cautious to install the cpu, i certainally am cautious in touching anywhere near it....... is there a setting in the bios i can safety change?

What he's saying is that this fool proabably took a slower processor that he had, put it in your machine, overclocked it, and kept your processor for himself. In other words he pulled the old switcharoo on you. There are a couple way to be sure. Put you voltage back to stock in the BIOS. If it doesn't run then something is fishy. The next step would be opening the machine, and looking at the markings on the chip.

 

[deadman_uk]

if he switched processors then why does cpuz and a bunch of other programs all say i have an athlon 2000 ?

how do i change the stock volt level ? in the BIOS I just change vcore from 1.84v to 1.79v ? and then save settings and reboot? would that do any damage? and if it doesnt run i change it back?

 

[deadman_uk]

OK just checked my BIOS

under power>>>hardware monitor it says the following....

VCORE Voltage = 1.80v
+3.3v Voltage = 3.21v
+5v Voltage = 4.94v
+12v Voltage = 13.09v

so according to this my cpu voltage is 1.80v

however when I go to advanced in BIOS it says the following

CPU Speed =1667mhz
CPU Frequency Multiple = 12.5x
CPU External Frequency = 133/33 mhz
CPU Vcore setting = Auto
CPU Vcore = 1.750v

so according to this part of the BIOS the CPU volt is 1.75v.......... so what is it?

According to Sandra 2004 it says my CPU volt speed is 1.84v

My cpu temperature at the moment is 63 degrees C

 

[NewBlackDak]

if he switched processors then why does cpuz and a bunch of other programs all say i have an athlon 2000 ?

how do i change the stock volt level ? in the BIOS I just change vcore from 1.84v to 1.79v ? and then save settings and reboot? would that do any damage? and if it doesnt run i change it back?

The processor is identified by FSB/multi/cache settings. If he put in say an unlocked 1700+(stock speed of 1400MHz) all he would have had to do is set the multi and FSB to make it look like a 2000+, and give it a little more voltage. You should be able to set your vcore to default(or 1.7 if there is no default setting) in the BIOS. If the machine becomes unstable at that vcore, I would think you've bee had.

 

[deadman_uk]

read my latest reply one part of my bios says its 1.80 another part says iits 1.70v

 

[Juan Sanchez]

if you wanna see if you got jipped see if you can change your multiplyer. If you cant then you should be fine, but if you can your gonna wanna get that hsf off and see if that "friend" jipped you.

 

[deadman_uk]

How do i know what cpu i have by looking at the cpu chip?

I dont know what a multiplyer is, let alone change it im not that experience with computer hardware pleas explain

 

[deadman_uk]

just a few more replies please im almost there

 

[deadman_uk]

someone?

 

[dainthomas]

someone?

AMD Codes

Follow this link. If the second part of your CPU code says '2000' then you're fine. If it says something less, then you got jobbed.

 

[RC7]

Umm....if u are saying that the vcore of your cpu is set to 1.75v in advanced settings then that means that u most likely just have a palomino core (which has a default vcore of 1.75v not 1.65v like the newer cores). Sandra and the other programs could be reading the vcore wrong (and most likely are, only true way to measure actual vcore is with a volt meter). The 1.80v that the bios reports in hardware monitoring is just what the board sensor says the actual vcore is at (even this could be wrong by a margin). So, I think u are fine and have not been ripped off.....I am actually kind of surprised nobody picked up on this sooner heh......