Severe VCCIO voltage drop of my Maximus XI Gene

[alxanderman]

Hi all, I found my Maximus XI Gene motherboard (BIOS version 0602) gets a serious VCCIO voltage drop when I try to fix the value of VCCIO in BIOS.

For example, when I set VCCIO as 1.25V, the BIOS shows 1.168V after saving changes; 1.4V for 1.248V, etc. It makes me difficult to overclock memory.

Is the problem due to the BIOS, my board, PSU, power cables or anything else?

[Phillyflyer]

alxanderman wrote:
Hi all, I found my Maximus XI Gene motherboard (BIOS version 0602) gets a serious VCCIO voltage drop when I try to fix the value of VCCIO in BIOS.

For example, when I set VCCIO as 1.25V, the BIOS shows 1.168V after saving changes; 1.4V for 1.248V, etc. It makes me difficult to overclock memory.

Is the problem due to the BIOS, my board, PSU, power cables or anything else?

Quick question...does this also happen with XMP enabled and SA /IO left on auto ??

[alxanderman]

Phillyflyer wrote:
Quick question...does this also happen with XMP enabled and SA /IO left on auto ??

I'll test it when I'm back home

[nickolp1974]

alxanderman wrote:
Hi all, I found my Maximus XI Gene motherboard (BIOS version 0602) gets a serious VCCIO voltage drop when I try to fix the value of VCCIO in BIOS.

For example, when I set VCCIO as 1.25V, the BIOS shows 1.168V after saving changes; 1.4V for 1.248V, etc. It makes me difficult to overclock memory.

Is the problem due to the BIOS, my board, PSU, power cables or anything else?

I'll have a look at this with mine later. I had instability issues with said 0602 bios and have since reverted back to the original shipping bios 0401 which I have no problems with whatsoever.

[HiVizMan]

And please do list your bios version too.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

alxanderman wrote:
(BIOS version 0602)

HiVizMan wrote:
And please do list your bios version too.

*hides in a cave*

[HiVizMan]

Arne Saknussemm wrote:


*hides in a cave*

Darn thanks Arne.

Apologies to OP my bad. Need more coffee in mornings that is for sure.

[alxanderman]

HiVizMan wrote:
Darn thanks Arne.

Apologies to OP my bad. Need more coffee in mornings that is for sure.

Don't worry. 😄

[alxanderman]

I reverted BIOS settings as default, then enabled XMP I, left VCCIO and VCCSA as auto, and I saw the VCCIO was 1.15V

Then I set the VCCIO as 1.2V, I got 1.072V after saving changes; 1.3V for 1.152V; 1.35V for 1.2V.

After downgrading the BIOS to v0506, I repeated the same actions, but got the same results. I finally set the VCCIO as 1.4V, then I got 1.25V. That's mean there is always a 0.15V voltage drop between the setting and the actual value.

Guys, any clues?

[HiVizMan]

Ok now to focus on your question. The only really accurate way to measure voltage across any points is with a mulitmeter. The sensors used by different software, and that includes own brand software are not always going to be accurate. They will be darn close most of the time. But the point I am trying to make I would not worry about that vdroop. Especially as it is a constant amount. That variation may simply be difference in polling of the sensor versus what you key in as the target value.

If your memory is doing what you want, in the way that you want it to do and is stable then all is good.