P67A-GD55 1.A bios = warmer CPU

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shuanm

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When I updated my bios from 1.9 to 1.A my cpu's core temps at idle went from all of them getting down to around 22 with the 1.9 to between 26~29 with 1.A.  The load temps made the same jump.  Switch back to 1.9 and temps go back down.  Is this to be expected?  I mean was this predicted by some change to the bios such as CPU voltage or recalibrated thermo, or is this just my board?
 
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I use core temp most of the time, but I use speedfan as well.  I feel like a heel now that I've done some deeper investigation.  At idle with 1.9 the volts are 0.780 ~0.800 and with the 1.A idle is ~0.960.  At full load they are 1.28 and 1.32 respectively.  I guess this accounts for my temp differences.  Since my system is stable with the lower voltages I should just stick with the 1.9 bios?  And on with feeling like a heel, I just noticed there was a bios forum.  Sorry, I'm a noob to the site.  I've always used MSI boards, but I've never been interested in the bios until now.  I just made my settings and went with it.  I would probably been the same with this one except the first board I got wouldn't run in raid mode until I updated the bios.  Then when the replacement came I was very interested.
 
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I wasn't sweatin' the temp range.  Just interested in why they changed it that way.  1.B won't even run my system stable.  Explorer keeps crashing.  I think I'll use 1.9.  Everything seems to work and my RAM is 1.5 volts.  Haven't had an issue since 1.6 when my RAID wouldn't work.  I just wondered why they would change it and make more heat.  Maybe I just have a chip that will run on low power.  I'll take it.
 
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I bet the ram crashes would stop if your memory was set at 1333.  I know it defeats the purpose of buying expensive modules, but it is the standard for the processor and from what I can tell the best selection for speed.
 
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