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    Does anyone know of ANY way to find the Vcore for the i5?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tassadar898, Jan 22, 2011.

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    I've downloaded about 10 different programs and I cant seem to find a program or a way to find the vcore or vid of the i5 under full load (12x multiplier). crystalcpuid i think its inaccurate.
     
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    What does CPU-Z say? If you're trying to find the VID, CPU-Z maybe rounding up the VID to fit into 4 digits. I found that when CPU-Z would only show 1.063v for my Aspire One when it really is 1.0625v.
     
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    Its blank for CPU-Z, grayed out
     
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    Are you trying to increase Vcore with a VID mod? There is an alternative that does not require knowing the VID and that is voltmodding the voltage regulator.
     
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    i want to do the voltage mod but i need to know the max voltage mod to know which pins to modify
     
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    And I was suggesting a different mod entirely. I can't think of anything else to help, sorry.
     
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    i tried soddering vid0 to vid 1 to vid 2 because i think vid 1 is ground.

    edit: it did nothing.
     
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    I believe it was you who posted a very old guide on how to do voltage mods from waaaay back, in the old M11x ICS9LPRS387 thread? It involves resistors (sometimes pencils) and the FB pin of your regulator, which is pin 5. Volt modding isn't my domain though.

    Did you account for vdroop?
     
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    not familiar with what vdroop is. i only gt the .9375 voltage from crystalcpuid under intel enhanced speedstep control it displays varying voltages and ive seen it cap out at .9375 when doing benchmarks so i assumed the max voltage was .9375.
     
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    Then you should have 1.0v already but it's not working. Hmm, I wonder if this has to do with anything?

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    i would also note that there are two ADP3211's. There is one on the side where the keyboard is placed on top of it and there is one on the other side where the heatsink is placed. so far i've just tried soddering the one on top where the keyboard rest.
     
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