PC Chips M571 (V3.2) undocumented voltage settings -------------------------------------------------- The following schematic diagram shows the relevant section of the on-board power supply (reverse engineered): 6K81 11K5 30K1 Resistor 10K0 9K53 22K1 values 2V5 3V5 3V3 3V2 2V9 2V8 Jumper ID From _____ _____ Load | \/ |14 R88 R89 R90 R91 R92 R93 Circuit ref | | |--------|---|---|---|---|---| | 1| |\Error | Vref |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| Vout |----|-| \_Amp | +5V | | | | | | | | | | | | Resistors ____|_| / | |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| V | 2| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | O O O O O Jumpers | | KA7500B | | O O O O O JP6 | |__________| | | | | | | | |---|---|---|---|---| |_______________________| | R79 |-| 10K2 | | |-| | _|_ The following table lists the actual voltages for the various jumper selections (0=no jumper, 1=jumper installed). It appears that the design provides an 0.08V margin to allow for ripple and ohmic losses. Jumpers nominal V V - 0.08 3V5-2V8 (at regulator) (at CPU socket) 00000 2.53 2.45 OOOO1 2.88 2.8 OOO1O 2.99 2.91 OO1OO 3.28 3.2 O1OOO 3.38 3.3 1OOOO 3.58 3.5 Q. How does one obtain a core voltage of 2.4V or 2.2V? --------------------------------------------------- Core voltages less than 2.5V can be obtained by connecting a suitable resistor in parallel with R79 as follows (2.2V shown): 6K81 11K5 30K1 Resistor 10K0 9K53 22K1 values 2V5 3V5 3V3 3V2 2V9 2V8 Jumper ID From _____ _____ Load | \/ |14 R88 R89 R90 R91 R92 R93 Circuit ref | | |--------|---|---|---|---|---| | 1| |\Error | Vref |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| Vout |----|-| \_Amp | +5V | | | | | | | | | | | | Resistors ____|_| / | |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| V | 2| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | O O O O O Jumpers | | KA7500B | | O O O O O--| JP6 | |__________| | | | | | | | | |---|---|---|---|---| | |_______________________| | | | R79 |-| |-| 10K2 | | | | 39K |-| |-| | | _|_ _|_ In the above case there is effectively a 39K resistor in parallel with R79. All other jumpers are removed. The ground side of the 39K resistor can be connected to a nearby ground pin such as pin 3 of the speaker connector (J3), pin 5 of the keylock connector (J3), or pin 3 of the fan power connector (J2). The nominal output of the regulator is 2.23V. For 2.3V (nominal 2.33V), a 62K resistor should be used. For 2.4V (nominal 2.43V), a 120K resistor should be used. The required resistance can be computed using the formula: R = 102 * Vcore / (51- 20.2 * Vcore) Conversely, a resistance R will produce the following core voltage: Vcore = 51 * R / (102 + 20.2 * R)