OC bundle problems

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 14:01

I purchased http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-043-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

However i have had 5 pc crashes/freeze/hangs since installing the components along with my new 5970

two crashed happened during internet browsing and 3 happened in games,

confused about what to do

any help cheers

Mr Fujisawa · 22 Apr 2010 at 14:38

check the fan on the gfx card is spinning and all other fans are spinning. You could try reseting bios settings so there is no overclock/voltage changes and see if the crash still happens. Also check what temps are when the crashes occur (have something running and always visable)

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 15:24

6 crashes in two days now

the gfx card temps are ok, the cpu goes at 80c max when prime95 is running, the crashes sometimes occur when its at around the 40c mark though

quite frustrating since it was an extra £70 for the items part of the overclock bundle

millsy888 · 22 Apr 2010 at 15:30

Best to give the support guys a call at OcUK, they will talk you through it.

Evil-I · 22 Apr 2010 at 15:48

could it be your PSU?

I'm guesing thats rig draws a fair bit of power so maybe under heavy load the powers a bit unstable?

E-I

varkanoid · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:24

Did you check that the RAM timings are correct ? Also depends on what OS too and also the sound card (ie Creative)

That along with PSU suggested above can cause crashes.

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:29

I have a 950w corsair psu

windows 7 and onboard mb sound
the offical ram spec say 9 9 9 24 , mine are on 28

varkanoid · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:49

martaion said:
I have a 950w corsair psu

windows 7 and onboard mb sound
the offical ram spec say 9 9 9 24 , mine are on 28

what about the mhz for the RAM does it match the CPU ok?

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 21:00

its at 1500mhz i think, and the cpu supports 1600 as far as i know

Also every time the crash occurs and i reboot and get into windows, from previous system when a crash occured due to a cpu/ram overclock an error message would appear saying shut down bla bla, blue screen etc etc this was amd though does it not happen with i7?

one never comes up at all at every crash, could this mean its not the cpu causing it?

appreciate the help

RJC · 22 Apr 2010 at 21:20

Sorry, was this a fresh install of windows?

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 21:25

Yea fresh windows 7 install on a SSD

RJC · 22 Apr 2010 at 21:30

It does sound like a unstable overclock, best bet is to post a note in the customer forum, link below:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=116

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:00

Hi thanks for the help

do you think it will get to a stable 4ghz overclock?

RJC · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:03

Should do, it may need a extra notch on the cpu voltage.

martaion · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:09

just to ask another question

Using the corsair h50 cpu cooler it worked really well on my amd cpu however im reaching temps of about 80c on the 4ghz in prime 95 with the i7 930, other users with the h50 and 4ghz i7 930 are getting about 10degrees less than me:s
i have a push/pull fans on the radioator at the back of the pc, coolermaster haf 922 case, front intake,top exhaust, side top intake,side bottom exhaust

Evil-I · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:42

Hi,

I'm getting similar temps on my OC'd 920 bundle on H50. Weirdly its only one of the cores thats reaching late 70's the other three are early 70's. I'm going to try reseating in case its a TIM issue, otherwise i guess its one of the cores not making good contact on the ihs.

From what I understand the i7's are pretty toasty so I don't think touching 80 is too much of an issue.

E-I

Beerkan · 28 Apr 2010 at 18:33

On a side note, if your Win7 PC crashes it writes memory dumps to disk, taking up loads of space. And by loads, I mean gigs of space.

Install this neat utility to flush the data.

CCleaner