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Should I increase RAM/CPU voltage?

Asked by anubav_vasudevan in Miscellaneous Hardware, Computer CPU Processors, Computer Memory (RAM)

Tags: Hardware, Memory, Voltage

I've been having some stability issues with my Windows Vista x64 PC lately, and I'm wondering whether they might be related to the voltage settings for either the CPU or the RAM. Currently, the RAM 4GB (DDR3-667Mhz) is set to draw 1.5V, which is what is listed on the manufacturer settings. The CPU is a quad core Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650. The voltage is ~1.1V. I haven't overclocked anything, and these are the settings detected by the BIOS (Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI), which is up to date. (Also, memory passes memtest)

The reason that I worry that the voltage settings may need to be tweaked is that often, when the computer halts and I do a hard reboot, while posting the computer will give me a message which says "Computer operating in safe mode. Check CPU and memory voltages. Press <f1> to conitnue." If I continue on, everything works, still the message is a bit disconcerting. Basically, I'm wondering whether my PC's occasional freezing might be related to the voltage settings, and if so whether it would be safe to try to increase the settings manually.

Thanks!
Anubav Vasudevan

P.S. I've attached a report obtained from CPU-Z which gives the voltages, ram timiings, etc..

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