>>The present voltage is 2V. Could anyone tell me if adjusting the voltage will help and how much I should boost the voltage.
Yes, boosting the voltage is likely to help, especially if
it runs for a while at 2.0.
Try it at 2.2v. If that works, run it for a couple of weeks
then try it at 2.1. If it's stable, leave it. If not,
return to 2.2.
If 2.2 doesn't work, you might try it at 2.3, but 2.2 seems
the agreed on conservative maximum.
>>what are the potential problems with boosting the voltage.
Shorter chip life, possibly. How much is really not known,
or even if any, but it's a possibility. For that matter,
the chip life itself is a guesstimate. In any case, it's
a fair bet that the higher the voltage the shorter the
processor life. But it might be 10 years vs 20 years,
in which case do you care? I think nominal, normal clock
processor life is 15 years.
You didn't ask, but there are also potential problems with
underclocking the PCI bus, which you are doing if running
the mobo at 83.5 x 1/3 multiplier, or overclocking which
you are doing if running the mobo at 83.5 x 1/2 multiplier.
The PCI adapters may well be more sensitive than the
processor. |
