Is this normal? My AMD 1.1 ghz processors voltage reading in cpu-z is varying every second from 1.3 to 1.6 volts. Should´nt this be constant all the time? Recently i had a power failure and overclocking to 2.0 ghz stopped working.The memory also doesn´t work at 200mhz where it is supposed to,now it is in 100 mhz. Could the power supply be damaged? Please help. Number of CPUs 1 Name AMD Athlon XP Code name Thoroughbred Specification AMD Athlon(tm) Family/Model/Stepping 681 Extended Family/Model 7/8 Package Socket A Core Stepping B0 Technology 0.13um Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE Features Clock Speed 1102.5 MHz Clock multiplier x11.0 Front Side Bus Frequency 100.2 MHz Bus Speed 200.4 MHz L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L2 Speed 1102.5 MHz (Full) L2 Location On Chip L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes L2 Bus Width 64 bits Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Northbridge nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 rev. C1 Southbridge nVidia nForce2 MCP-T rev. A3 Graphic Interface AGP AGP Revision 3.0 AGP Transfert Rate 8x AGP SBA supported, enabled Memory Type DDR Memory Size 512 MBytes Memory Frequency 100.2 MHz (1:1) CAS# 2.0 RAS# to CAS# 2 RAS# Precharge 2 Cycle Time (tRAS) 4 Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIMM #3 General Memory type DDR-SDRAM Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000) Size 512 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz) Part number K Serial number 6127DD3B Manufacturing date Week 11/Year 04 Attributes Number of banks 2 Data width 64 bits Correction None Registered no Buffered no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 166 200 CAS# 2.0 2.5 RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3 RAS# Precharge 3 3 TRAS# 7 8
It's normal. There will be slight fluctuations in power, and so long as you're not seeing something like 1.0V constantly, you should be fine.
Power is a Seventeam about 250-300w, cannot remember.And the infoplate is missing..About 5 years old now. I checked my friends computer with cpu-z, and his processor voltage reading was constant all the time. My voltage varies from 1.392 to 1.648. Is this a slight fluctuation? What is the difference then to set it in bios to 1.425? And recently i had the power failure (plug from wall) which stopped the overclocking and memory working in earlier frequencies. I quess i´ll be fetching a better power supply from the store..? A local store sells FORTRON, ATX 350W Adjustable FSP350-KIT AMD COOLER + Case Fan (FSP350-KIT) 59,00 €
Now that I look again, that is a large fluctuation. You probably will see a slight fluctuation, but .3V is a bit large. In addition to a better power supply (Fortron is a great brand), I'd also suggest a surge protector. APC or Belkin ones should work just fine, and here in the US run around $20-30.
