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Ai Booster?

Sharki

Sharki

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i was wondering around on the asus cd i got with my p5b n found Ai booster within the Ai Suite, i decided to install n ended up clicking the overcloking utility, i clicked to overclock not sure whatwould fully do...suddenly it indicated my cpu clock at 1600mhz insted of the stock 2400, i tried reseting it to default n it blue screend (by this bit, pritty worried)

when booting up i went into bios, checked my RAM vlotages n they had been reset??? (im using Geil ultra low latency) so i set them to the volts recommended (2.1) n continued booting up, i dont have a lot installed, the usuall msn, css halo n stalker, gimp 2.2 n photoshop but this time it took a lot longer to boot in windows??

i finally got Ai booster to get the original clock, n attempted to run orthos, while running my pc crashed, no blue screen or anything...

i was reading the guide to overcloking and saw the "Overclocking can also kill your Windows install"

i uninstalled Ai Booster, i was on CSS for about an hour jumping around trying to stress the cpu and it was totall fine tbh it only happends wen running orthos???

could my XP install be bust??? omg what do i do!! help?!?!?! (new to this)

wasnt sure about where to put this btw
 
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Your full spec?

Clock switching (from 2.4Ghz to 1.6Ghz) is one of the energy saving features on C2Ds so that is perfectly normal, but you need to switch the feature off when you are overclocking - Go into BIOS and under CPU configuration find and disable th C1E & EIST features.

Games don't stress both cores fully and nothing tortures the CPU better than Orthos. Run Blend test to stress CPU and RAM or run Small FFTs to stress just the CPU.

Yes OC does corrupt your windows but only because of constant crashes and BSODs - a stable overclock will not corrupt your windows in anyway.

Don't use AI booster!! oc from BIOS is the best way. I suggest you do some reading as it's difficult for people to make suggestions if you don't already know the basics.
 
kk cheers m8, al look into it somemore :)

my full spec is:
core 2 duo E6600
2gig of Geil
Asus p5b
n ATi Radeon X1600PRO

n im using a hiper type r,

so could my bsod just be nothing???
 
What I think happened here:

  • You ran AI Booster. Your CPU was idle so it showed the speed as 1.6Ghz (266*6) as Speedstep had dropped the multiplier.
  • Thinking that this wasn't right, you then raised the speed to default, but Speedstep was still active so it was running at 2.4Ghz (400*6).
  • Your RAM or chipset couldn't manage 400FSB at current settings so the system crashed.
  • When you rebooted, your BIOS somehow put the settings to default.
  • Windows took ages to start because it was compiling an error report, which it often does after OC-related BSODs.
Lessons: don't OC with Speedstep on, and don't OC from Windows :)
 
seems to be ok now...i formatted cus i needed too anyways n it seems to be runnning better, in ai booster i put it to defaults then unninstalled, but then formated anyways, its now showing my cpu at 2.4 :) at i cant member what idle lol (im in college)

the bios may have put my ram back to default cus i did a bios update (hadnt realised it reset em)
seems to be fine so far hasnt crashed or anything :)

lesson learnt lol
 
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