Gigabyte H370 with 9700K core voltage settings Obscene power levels available

Frida113
Junior Member

11-17-2018, 11:29 AM

Has anyone noticed stability problems with the Gigabyte H370 Aorus Gaming 3 when using a 9700K? I recently finished building and have experienced crashes during stress tests. All components except CPU and motherboard were replaced. Under heavy load, such as with Prime95 or OCCT, the board would force the CPU to reach up to 1.44V. This occurred even with the latest BIOS and various quality power supplies tested. If anyone has faced similar issues or has a solution to improve stability, please share! Thanks ahead.

Frida113

11-17-2018, 11:29 AM #1

Gratoxx
Junior Member

11-19-2018, 12:45 AM

Great idea—check if your board supports voltage adjustments. The H series seems unlikely, but the XTU might work better.

Gratoxx

11-19-2018, 12:45 AM #2

Great idea—check if your board supports voltage adjustments. The H series seems unlikely, but the XTU might work better.

willguMC
Member

11-20-2018, 11:22 AM

VID?

willguMC

11-20-2018, 11:22 AM #3

VID?

Sofi41505
Member

149

11-21-2018, 03:08 PM

VID stands at 1.2, seems correct. The H370 Aorus board offers some control options, though I haven’t located a setting for MCE or similar that might be responsible for the voltage issues. It appears to be increasing higher than expected and operating on more cores than intended. I’m unsure about the best approach to adjust it toward standard voltages, as H370 modifications are quite restricted.

Sofi41505

11-21-2018, 03:08 PM #4

xXRattataXx
Member

175

11-25-2018, 08:07 PM

Check the clear CMOS, observe if any adjustment appears unexpectedly.

xXRattataXx

11-25-2018, 08:07 PM #5

Check the clear CMOS, observe if any adjustment appears unexpectedly.

fluffypuppy576
Member

126

11-26-2018, 08:12 PM

I've already reset the CMOS and set it to default optimized settings, but the issue persists.

fluffypuppy576

11-26-2018, 08:12 PM #6

I've already reset the CMOS and set it to default optimized settings, but the issue persists.

julian_PVP
Senior Member

465

11-28-2018, 03:45 PM

julian_PVP

11-28-2018, 03:45 PM #7

Zheanort
Junior Member

11-28-2018, 10:00 PM

It includes those components, and I need to experiment with them further. The main issue arises when AVX instructions are applied during stress testing, though there doesn’t seem to be an AVX offset available in the BIOS.

Zheanort

11-28-2018, 10:00 PM #8

Avichi
Member

12-04-2018, 02:38 PM

It could be related to the VRM getting too hot instead of the CPU causing crashes.

Avichi

12-04-2018, 02:38 PM #9

It could be related to the VRM getting too hot instead of the CPU causing crashes.

Lieutenant_Lo
Member

12-04-2018, 06:59 PM

#10

This CPU uses an AIO liquid cooler which limits airflow to the VRMs. Despite having solid heatsinks, the system fails immediately when testing AVX features.

Lieutenant_Lo

12-04-2018, 06:59 PM #10

This CPU uses an AIO liquid cooler which limits airflow to the VRMs. Despite having solid heatsinks, the system fails immediately when testing AVX features.