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Phenom II X4 910 Core Voltage 2.160

Post Date: 2012-02-29
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    Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 4:36pm
I was messing around with CPU-Z when I decided to put it on the fiance's computer, she has a stock HP machine with a Phenom II X4 910. When I ran CPU-Z it showed her Core Voltage at 2.160

Now from what I have read that seems very bad, its not supposed to go above 1.4 correct?

What I thought was even weirder was that when I went to go into the BIOS all of the power settings are locked down and can't be viewed or changed. All power settings are on balanced through Windows 7 as well. Temperatures all seem pretty stable, I just thinks its a little odd. Any suggestions or comments?



Edited by Kael - 29 Feb 2012 at 4:39pm
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I would not trust the reading in CPU-z on a system that will not even let you view the info in the BIOS. Chances are CPU-z is being provided a false reading from the system.

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It has been stable for almost 3 years so your probably right, just thought it was a little odd.
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Yep, I wouldn't worry about it given the machine's lifespan, its definitely a bad reading. HP generally contracts with Asus for mobos, who in turn subcontracts with Quanta for Desktop mobos or Inventec for laptop mobos. More recently they've used Tyan for much of their stock and might be cutting Asus out of the loop entirely, not sure. Either way, these are proprietary boards specifically designed for certain systems, and some of these budget boards totally cut out some voltage measurements points such as VDimm or GCH. They also use BIOSes which are locked down like nobodies business, since its essentially designed to be popped into a machine, set to a predetermined config, then shipped. You can change the BIOS in most cases, especially the boards contracted out by Asus, but thats only for people who really, really want to overclock their HP for some reason. To say that CPU-Z is getting a incorrect reading is not farfetched by any stretch of the imagination.

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