About the Vmod article.

[ido]

Hi guys,

I read the article about the vmod for the KX7-333[R] and it was great , but I don't understand the last page about the pot, this is what I understood, correct me if I am wrong:

B4 the mod I need to set the voltage in the BIOS to 1.85(max), save&quit, turn off the computer, do the Vmod and then I don't understand, so who can explain me that?


Thanks

P.S-
Sorry for my English.

[Farabomb]

I think what in effect you're doing with the volt mod is raising the upper volt limit. When you set the voltage to the highest setting after the mod the BIOS says 1.8x but it's really 2.0x or something. I think.....

Mike will find this and let us know.

[mdzcpa]

Hi ido, welcome to Liquid Ninjas :)

To answer your question:

So far it seems you understand that before you connect the voltage mod you need to set the voltage in the BIOS to 1.85(max), save&quit, turn off the computer, do then connect the voltage mod.

Before you turn the computer back on, adjust the dial on the pot all the way to one side. Boot the system. If it boots up, you're ready for the next step. If it doesn't boot right up, power down immediately and turn the dial on the pot in the other direction all the way. Then try booting again and it should boot right up.

The next step:
Once you have the vmod connected and your miachine is booted and running your ready to adjust the voltage. Either run Motherboard Monitor, or look at the PC health screen in the BIOS and find your Core voltage reading. While keeping an eye on the Core voltage reading, slowly begin to turn the dial on the pot. You will find after a certain point the voltage will begin to rise. Continue slowly turning it up until you reach the voltage you want. I do not suggest you go more than 2.1v. If the system shuts off during this process, that means the over volt protection has been triggered (which occurs right around 2.1-2.2v). If this happens you need to turn the dial back down and do it again, but don't go as high with the voltage.

Once you have the pot adjusted to the max level of voltage you might use, you can go back into the bios and turn the voltage down there instead of having to re adjust the pot.

Hope this helps:)

[mdzcpa]

Originally posted by Farabomb
I think what in effect you're doing with the volt mod is raising the upper volt limit. When you set the voltage to the highest setting after the mod the BIOS says 1.8x but it's really 2.0x or something.

Exactly :)

[ido]

Thank you mdzcpa. :)

hmmmm, after I reboot the sys and adjust the pot, what will be the voltage?

after I adjust the pot, I can change the voltage in the BIOS to 1.6? will it be 1.6+0.34?

[mdzcpa]

Originally posted by ido
Thank you mdzcpa. :)

hmmmm, after I reboot the sys and adjust the pot, what will be the voltage?



You need to monitor the voltage using Motherboard Monitor, or the BIOS Health screen, as you adjust the pot. What the mod does is add voltage to what is set in the BIOS. But that amount of increase in variable depending on where you set the dial on the pot.



after I adjust the pot, I can change the voltage in the BIOS to 1.6? will it be 1.6+0.34? [/QUOTE]

Aboslutely! You get the idea. By adjusting the dial on pot, you will determining the amount of voltage "added" to what you have set in the BIOS. In my personal example, I adjusted the pot to provide approximately .34v to whatever was set in the BIOS. So at 1.85v BIOS, I get 2.19v actual. At 1.6v in the BIOS, I get 1.94v actual. At 1.75v BIOS, I get 2.09v actual. The key is to have a good voltage monitoring program (like Motherboard Monitor), so you can see your actual core voltage becuase your actual will alway be something higher than what you set in the BIOS. That increase is dependent on where you set the dial on the pot.

[ido]

thank you mdzcpa. :)

I am gonna do the vmod.

[mdzcpa]

Sounds good:)

Make sure you come back and tell us how it works for you. And if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

:)