Freezing and strange solution

rickfin

rickfin

rickfin

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Hi! About a week ago my computer started to occasionally. First when I watching a movie and then when I using guitar pro. Orthos blend also froze my system after couple of hours but it was small ffts stable. This was @8x400. I couldn't figure out what was the problem. I had an idea and put 8x402 with same voltages and everything. And guess what it was rock solod. Orthos blend was 17 hours stable without errors and no freezes. Now after a week I'm get another freezes first in Armed assault and then in supreme commander. What could be the problem? I'm very confused more fsb--> more stable doesn't make sense. My system:
e6600 @ 4x800 1.25v other voltages are @ defaut except ram @2.1v
Geil ddr2 800mhz cl4
Gigabyte ds3
silverstone zeus st56zf 560W
x-fi xtereme music
 
I'm a little surprised you didn't need to up the Vcore from 1.25V. This may be your problem. When you push the CPU there is often a voltage 'droop' which can freeze your system. Perhaps try putting your Vcore up to the next voltage setting - it shouldn't have too much of an effect on temps but keep an eye on them anyway.

There are sometimes problems with boards at 8x400 which can be solved by upping the FSB a few MHz. This is a well known solution.

I would read the Gigabyte DS3 thread which has lots of good tips for overclocking. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17610180&page=1&pp=30

cheers
 
I put the vcore to 1.2645 but it didn't help. I'm confused because it's was stable for many weeks with 1.25 without freezing(not an vdroop problem) and after a week with 402x8 it's freezing again. Maybe I should up the chipset voltages? Could that be the solution? A week ago it was at least 17 hours blend and 24 small ffts stable with 8x402 1.25v.
 
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