XP Re-install & My Overclock

arrond · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:44

Hi all,

A simple question really, if i re-sintall windows will i lose my cpu overclock?

Thanks. Arron.

Will_3rd · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:47

nope as it is kept in the BIOS

arrond · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:48

Will_3rd said:
nope as it is kept in the BIOS

Thought so but just to check

Cheers.

IAmATeaf · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:48

Not unless you were doing the overclock via software, if it's all in the BIOS then every thing should be OK.

1 word of advice though, I've always been told that whenever installing an OS to go back to stock to minimise installation problems, not too sure how correct this is these days but it's always something that I've done.

arrond · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:27

IAmATeaf said:
Not unless you were doing the overclock via software, if it's all in the BIOS then every thing should be OK.

1 word of advice though, I've always been told that whenever installing an OS to go back to stock to minimise installation problems, not too sure how correct this is these days but it's always something that I've done.

I will do that, thanks for the advice.

ghgh · 13 Apr 2007 at 20:30

If the overclock is 100% Stable, orthos stable...then it will be fine through an install of windows without making anything corrupt. In my experience if its 100% stable its safe to leave the overclock when re-installing but to be on the safe side its good to put it back to stock like the above poster recomends.

Will_3rd · 13 Apr 2007 at 20:31

I installed Windows on my overclock and it was fine, only problems I had were caused by nLite

IAmATeaf · 13 Apr 2007 at 23:43

I suppose if the overclock is stable then it doesn't matter but it's something that I've always done, you know teach old dogs new tricks

arrond · 14 Apr 2007 at 01:11

ghgh said:
If the overclock is 100% Stable, orthos stable...then it will be fine through an install of windows without making anything corrupt. In my experience if its 100% stable its safe to leave the overclock when re-installing but to be on the safe side its good to put it back to stock like the above poster recomends.

Im in two minds now lol. Its a stable overclock as i cant remember when the last time it crashed. I think my pc has only crashed a few times since last october when i built it. I think i will go back to stock as it takes two seconds to change it back anyway.

Thanks all.