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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS
of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
"John Doe" wrote in message ... Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Voltage level readings for what? Never seen them in a Dell BIOS |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
"Tom Scales" wrote:
"John Doe" wrote in message ... Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Voltage level readings for what? An Award BIOS used for most branded mainboards shows voltage levels for the power supply outputs, the CPU, the battery, and others. Never seen them in a Dell BIOS OK, thanks. |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
"John Doe" wrote in message ... "Tom Scales" wrote: "John Doe" wrote in message ... Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Voltage level readings for what? An Award BIOS used for most branded mainboards shows voltage levels for the power supply outputs, the CPU, the battery, and others. Never seen them in a Dell BIOS OK, thanks. Dells and most other OEM systems I've seen have not offered that feature. I do have such a feature (temps, fan speeds, VCore and other voltage readings) on my homebuilt system (ASUS motherboard). Some boxes built by a local vendor may or may not offer such. |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
"John Doe" wrote in message ... Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Dell motherboards don't have the voltage level reading feature. Dell BIOS are dumb downed and do not have all the features of a ASUS or Gigabyte,etc. motherboard that you purchase off the shelf and build yourself. Same with overclocking features, temperature features that come on my ASUS motherboards, Dell decided to leave these types of features out of Dell BIOS. J.S. |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
I would try a 3rd party freeware program to monitor voltage levels, fan RPM, and
heat. However, I'm at a loss to name one. Intel provides one for its own Intel-branded boards, but it does not work with Dell BIOSes. I've tried to install it. I doubt that the sensors were left off the Dell motherboards when manufactured. It usually costs more to omit hardware from a standard design than to leave it there. The Dell motherboards are based on straight-down-the-middle Intel designs with some changes in layout. As for overclocking, why do it? Overclocking simply involves running one or more hardware elements (CPU and sometimes chipset or memory timings) out of spec, not a good idea for reliable operation. Engineering specs are there to be followed, not ignored. The gains in performance from overclocking are nominal, except maybe for gamers... Ben Myers On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:34:37 -0400, "J.S." wrote: "John Doe" wrote in message . .. Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Dell motherboards don't have the voltage level reading feature. Dell BIOS are dumb downed and do not have all the features of a ASUS or Gigabyte,etc. motherboard that you purchase off the shelf and build yourself. Same with overclocking features, temperature features that come on my ASUS motherboards, Dell decided to leave these types of features out of Dell BIOS. J.S. |
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voltage level readings in the BIOS?
There is one called Everest here.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 It works on my system, but I haven't tried it on the Dell system yet. Path: newssvr12.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm05.news.prodigy. com!newsdst02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newscon 02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!nx01.iad01.newshos ting.com!newshosting.com!69.28.186.75.MISMATCH!hwm npeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!fe02.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ben Myers ben_myers_spam_me_not charter.net Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Subject: voltage level readings in the BIOS? Reply-To: ben_myers_spam_me_not at charter.net Message-ID: dhp7a2pvhgro5t1tsqrdt8u0fej45ea6bg 4ax.com References: Xns97F09AB359E480123456789 207.115.17.102 yNPog.58352$9c6.43192 dukeread11 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 X-Trace: ejlmlnpfppkfdeplolecdcadmmgpmklgpdaobeepojdapiajjp aicpplopmgdagmfojkmlcoaidkngofplikpbaaekdchleomdlb bedbkagppkbkenmghfbkafimdhdjbcfagklmibllijll NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:48:53 MST Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:45:20 -0400 I would try a 3rd party freeware program to monitor voltage levels, fan RPM, and heat. However, I'm at a loss to name one. Intel provides one for its own Intel-branded boards, but it does not work with Dell BIOSes. I've tried to install it. I doubt that the sensors were left off the Dell motherboards when manufactured. It usually costs more to omit hardware from a standard design than to leave it there. The Dell motherboards are based on straight-down-the-middle Intel designs with some changes in layout. As for overclocking, why do it? Overclocking simply involves running one or more hardware elements (CPU and sometimes chipset or memory timings) out of spec, not a good idea for reliable operation. Engineering specs are there to be followed, not ignored. The gains in performance from overclocking are nominal, except maybe for gamers... Ben Myers On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:34:37 -0400, "J.S." nospam nospam_wanted.inet7.org wrote: "John Doe" jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote in message news:Xns97F09AB359E480123456789 207.115.17.102... Can you tell me where there is a voltage level reading in the BIOS of a Dell Dimension 5150? Thank you. Dell motherboards don't have the voltage level reading feature. Dell BIOS are dumb downed and do not have all the features of a ASUS or Gigabyte,etc. motherboard that you purchase off the shelf and build yourself. Same with overclocking features, temperature features that come on my ASUS motherboards, Dell decided to leave these types of features out of Dell BIOS. J.S. |
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