Hi guys I've come across a bit of a problem tonight and am wondering if anyone can give me advise as to what the problem is. 
I've been running my Q6600 g0 CPU @ 368 X 9 (3312mhz) for over 2 weeks now with absolutely no problems...However earlier tonight I decided it would be a good idea, after reading the "beginners guide to overclocking thread" to change to 400x8 (3200mhz) at the same time I changed my ram voltage from the default 1.8 to the recommended manufacturers voltage of 2.1 (as recommended in the beginners guide to overclocking)...
Now, I instantly went to load up core temp... everything was idling at fine temperatures. Then I decided to run the cysis benchmark... where I pretty much instantly crashed after about 2-3seconds of testing. I thought, fair enough, I'll just revert back to my previous clock speeds...
Following that it crashes again, weird I think... So I slacken off the ram timing to 5-5-5-15 and also change the ram back to 1.8V... at the same time I also take my Q6600 back to default clock speeds of 266x9....
Load up core temp etc, and load the benchmark again... crashes again... Now I'm getting really angry! So I think, right I'll just load the game and just play it, not bench it... I just about get into the game, and it crashes?!
I've crashed approximately 10 times in total now, once being a blue screen for a split second. Now when I say crashing, I mean i hanging up.... it freezes on what its doing, the PC doesn't reboot or anything.
PC spec:
Abit IP35
Q6600 g0
OCZ PC8500 2x1 GB
BFG 8800 GTS 512mb
520W corsair
Thanks for any response or recommendations, it's driving me nuts now.
I've been running my Q6600 g0 CPU @ 368 X 9 (3312mhz) for over 2 weeks now with absolutely no problems...However earlier tonight I decided it would be a good idea, after reading the "beginners guide to overclocking thread" to change to 400x8 (3200mhz) at the same time I changed my ram voltage from the default 1.8 to the recommended manufacturers voltage of 2.1 (as recommended in the beginners guide to overclocking)...
Now, I instantly went to load up core temp... everything was idling at fine temperatures. Then I decided to run the cysis benchmark... where I pretty much instantly crashed after about 2-3seconds of testing. I thought, fair enough, I'll just revert back to my previous clock speeds...
Following that it crashes again, weird I think... So I slacken off the ram timing to 5-5-5-15 and also change the ram back to 1.8V... at the same time I also take my Q6600 back to default clock speeds of 266x9....
Load up core temp etc, and load the benchmark again... crashes again... Now I'm getting really angry! So I think, right I'll just load the game and just play it, not bench it... I just about get into the game, and it crashes?!
I've crashed approximately 10 times in total now, once being a blue screen for a split second. Now when I say crashing, I mean i hanging up.... it freezes on what its doing, the PC doesn't reboot or anything.
PC spec:
Abit IP35
Q6600 g0
OCZ PC8500 2x1 GB
BFG 8800 GTS 512mb
520W corsair
Thanks for any response or recommendations, it's driving me nuts now.
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