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Setup:
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
PSU: 750W OCZ
CPU: Intel Q6600 (g0 stepping) (+aftermarket air cooler)
RAM: OCZ DDR2 2x2GB (PC2-6400/800MHz) @2.2V 4-4-4-15
MB: Asus P5N-D
GFX: Geforce 9800GTX+
Hi guys, looking for some help.
I used to have my Q6600 overclocked to 3.2GHz per core (400MHz bus speed, 8x multiplier, 1:1 ratio with RAM). It worked fine like this for a few years, temperatures never went over 65 degrees C. I recently started getting crashes in games (even crappy ones), turned off the CPU overclock, and stopped getting crashes.
I have since been trying to find a "lighter" overclock that runs stable, either 3.0GHz or 2.7-2.8GHz.
If I set the bus speed to 333MHz, and multiplier to x9 for 3.0GHz then reboot, I get into Windows fine, can run stress tests and there are no crashes, play games fine etc. -> then when I turn the computer off, and turn it back on the next day, Window boots into 640x480 resolution, and it can't detect my graphics card (won't show up under cpu-z -> graphics -> nvidia etc) :S
If I set the bus speed to 300MHz, and multiplier to x9 for 2.7GHz then reboot, again I can get into Windows fine, run stress tests, play games etc. -> then when I turn the computer off and turn it back on the next day, get a flash of a blue screen of death before windows loads, and computer instantly reboots.
Going into BIOS and reverting CPU back to 2.4GHz resolves all problems.
However a lot of my games are running choppy because 2.4GHz is not enough, especially for games which don't utilize a quad core.
Does anyone know why these problems may be occuring after turning my computer off overnight?
Or do I need to get a replacement part because something is broken?
(For instance a new LGA775 CPU, or a new i3 + new motherboard + new ram, or even power supply???)
(I am fairly sure the issue is not caused by the RAM or graphics card, my bet is on CPU or MB or PSU)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
PSU: 750W OCZ
CPU: Intel Q6600 (g0 stepping) (+aftermarket air cooler)
RAM: OCZ DDR2 2x2GB (PC2-6400/800MHz) @2.2V 4-4-4-15
MB: Asus P5N-D
GFX: Geforce 9800GTX+
Hi guys, looking for some help.
I used to have my Q6600 overclocked to 3.2GHz per core (400MHz bus speed, 8x multiplier, 1:1 ratio with RAM). It worked fine like this for a few years, temperatures never went over 65 degrees C. I recently started getting crashes in games (even crappy ones), turned off the CPU overclock, and stopped getting crashes.
I have since been trying to find a "lighter" overclock that runs stable, either 3.0GHz or 2.7-2.8GHz.
If I set the bus speed to 333MHz, and multiplier to x9 for 3.0GHz then reboot, I get into Windows fine, can run stress tests and there are no crashes, play games fine etc. -> then when I turn the computer off, and turn it back on the next day, Window boots into 640x480 resolution, and it can't detect my graphics card (won't show up under cpu-z -> graphics -> nvidia etc) :S
If I set the bus speed to 300MHz, and multiplier to x9 for 2.7GHz then reboot, again I can get into Windows fine, run stress tests, play games etc. -> then when I turn the computer off and turn it back on the next day, get a flash of a blue screen of death before windows loads, and computer instantly reboots.
Going into BIOS and reverting CPU back to 2.4GHz resolves all problems.
However a lot of my games are running choppy because 2.4GHz is not enough, especially for games which don't utilize a quad core.
Does anyone know why these problems may be occuring after turning my computer off overnight?
Or do I need to get a replacement part because something is broken?
(For instance a new LGA775 CPU, or a new i3 + new motherboard + new ram, or even power supply???)
(I am fairly sure the issue is not caused by the RAM or graphics card, my bet is on CPU or MB or PSU)