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| author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2009-01-27 12:59:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2009-01-27 12:59:42 +0000 |
| commit | cf09a7e43ab19550941cbf2c5f89cd33719ae966 (patch) | |
| tree | 4be4f42bc649e6746bc4f9eea80eeb34b261bd5b /doc/vid | |
| parent | ba87a1f6732288278e31e216f1cd355fb55c4904 (diff) | |
| download | lm-sensors-git-cf09a7e43ab19550941cbf2c5f89cd33719ae966.tar.gz | |
There can be more than 6 VID pins.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@5626 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
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@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ output to a certain voltage. These pins are also connected to the sensor chip so that the VID setting can be read back by applications. -There are generally 5 VID pins. Recent motherboards may use 6 pins. -The VID codes are defined by Intel in documents titled -"VRM X.X DC-DC Converter Design Guidelines". +There are between 4 and 8 VID pins (the more recent the CPU, the more +numerous the VID pins.) The VID codes are defined by Intel in documents +titled "VRM X.X DC-DC Converter Design Guidelines". (VRM = Voltage Regulator Module), or -"Voltage Regulator-Down (VRD) 10.0 Design Guide". +"Voltage Regulator-Down (VRD) X.X Design Guide". These documents are available at http://developer.intel.com. +There are equivalent documents for AMD processors (look for a table +named "VID Code Voltages" in processor specifications.) There are several different VRM document versions. The common versions are as follows: |