Any reason an overclock should just stop working?

Adrianr

Adrianr

Adrianr

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So i'm playing Rainbow 6 Vegas, and my computer restarts. Doesn't BSOD, just restarts. Had some stuff running in the background so i figured something had updated and just self-restarted or something.

So i play again a little later on, and i get a BSOD. Curious, i download Coretemp, everything seems ok there. Download Prime85 and run small FFTs, and the 3rd core fails inside a minute. Not changed any settings.. was 8+ hours prime stable before, now not even a minute. Have given the Vcore 3 bumps from 1.385 to 1.425, and still fails in the same time.

So why would my overclock suddenly not work? I've played all sorts since OC'ing, Crysis, COD4, done plenty of processor intensive work and it's been rock solid.. whats changed?

My Q6600s not gone to pot i hope? Am i experiencing something one would with a CPU failure?

If it helps, Mobo is an Asus P5K-E. Though nothing in the bios has changed so im stumped!
 
Might just need re-seated.
Though bad seating is usally a non-booter, I've seen systems BSOD, more and more and more, then fail to boot, and a quick re-seat sorted it.

A few hefty gaming sessions will heat cycle the system, which can cause components, particularly those recently fitted, to "wriggle" in their slots.

Oh and so can your 500W sub-bass FWIW.
 
During prime blend worker thread 3 dies at the same time (Edit - actually 2 minutes instead of one) as Small FFTs. Would this point further toward it being a ram issue? Ram seems to be seated fine..

Don't have time to do a full memtest run tonight so i'l give it a go tomorrow.
 
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