Overclock Problems - e2140

Cream Cheese · 23 Apr 2008 at 17:36

Had an e2140 on an Abit IN9-32X-MAX for about 6 months now happily clocked at 2.8. However recently I started getting a few blue screens so I set everything back to default speeds and all was fine.

Now i'm trying to get it to a speed near what I did have and for some reason it won't go past 2GHz no matter what voltage I put through it.

Has it just run out of life or is there something I can do?? :confused:

RJC · 23 Apr 2008 at 17:55

Only thing I can suggest is try running mem-test just in case you have memory problem.
Try prime at stock to make sure your stable.

Rob

Cream Cheese · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:27

Run prime for a few hours now and all is fine. Do chips just tend to die if they're clocked for too long?

PhoenixUK · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:42

Don't throw too much volts straight away.
Try to repeat all the clocking from begini, that will mean resetting bios to default and going up by 20-50mhz steps. Then when it won't boot add 1-2tick of volts and retry. Also check your memory as RJC said, make sure you pass at least 250-300% coverage.

I would check all the voltages also, maybe it's a PSU prob more than CPU/ram.

Did you install any software or changed any hardware before that happen btw? Sometimes one nasty program can mess up everything.