2500k instabilities creeping through?

[slipd]

Hi guys,

Had my 2500k rig running for nearly a year and apart from tweaking the vcore once after a couple of weeks because I was having a few instability issues it has been rock solid!

Just recently however though things appear to have taken a turn for the worse... the system can be on for days, idle, and I can be playing games for hours etc. but then something like spybot or malwarebytes running will cause an instant bsod and a restart Its not constant, probably only 1 in 3 times.

I could ramp up the volts a little bit to see if that makes any difference but I thought I'd ask the experts for for advice

I'm currently running at 1.325v.

 

[wannabedamned]

It's possibly your harddrive if it's doing it when malwarebytes or spybot are doing their thing

 

[wannabedamned]

Also, Give memtest a run through

 

[RJC]

Download and run mem test, you might have a problematic memory stick.

 

[slipd]

Thanks guys! 24hrs of mem test still the norm?

 

[Kelt]

Thanks guys! 24hrs of mem test still the norm?

If you have the patience! I usually find about 8 runs will find problems, but I suppose the longer you leave it the better!

 

[WingZero30]

Did you even test your overclock with Prime95 or Intel Burn test?

 

[Threepwood]

What error number are you getting shown on the BSOD?

 

[slipd]

Yeah, I did at least 12hrs of prime iirc. I'll make a note of the bsod code the next time I witness it but it usually happens over night - when my scans are scheduled

I'll leave mem test on tonight...

 

[Steve.m]

Hello,

As the problem shows when running "spybot or malwarebytes", it could possibly be a low level driver conflict.

I presume you are on windoze, so have a look at the crash mini dumps for info.
There is a windoze utility here:- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html for viewing the mini dumps.
You could post the info and then we could possibly trace the source of the crash.

Regards,

- Stem

 

[Justintime]

Could be a driver issue as said. However i'd throw this in that many 2500k i clock won't do 4.4ghz at such a low voltage, majority might but loads won't.