Re: ASRock motherboard won't permanantly save custom Vcore BIOS settings change.

In article <VPmdndA1oq8t3AHeRVn-jA@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Daniel Czajko"
<NO!SP!PP!AM_daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've having an issue with my recently purchased ASRock 939Dual-SATA2. After
> I change the VCore BIOS setting from Auto to Manual, and specify the
> voltage, those saved changes stay saved only during the first power up after
> existing the BIOS. If I reboot the machine, the settings revert the VCore
> back to Automatic and its default Voltage. Other changed BIOS settings stay
> changed forever, only the Vcore setting revert back to default, so it can't
> be the CMOS battery.
>
> Is my board defective or is there something else I should be changing in the
> BIOS/board to make these adjustments save more permanently?
>
> Anybody else experiencing something to what I am?

I don't have the board, and I'm just looking at the manual...

Have you set "Cool N' Quiet" disabled ? That is a better setting
when attempting to use custom overclock settings.

According to this review, the maximum voltage the board will
supply for Vcore, is 1.5V. What value of voltage are you
setting in the BIOS ? Is the value you selected, greater than
1.5V ?

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/823/3/page_3_features_and_overclocking/index.html

"In terms of overclocking there isn¹t much available. There are
limited voltage options for CPU and memory. You can¹t push the
CPU past 1.5v and memory past 2.8v. There is no HT or PCI-E
voltages, no divider locks of any type... "

This could be a BIOS bug. Contact Asrock and see if they know
about this behavior.

HTH,
Paul
.

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