955 BE BSoD

[Abstract Hero]

So my 955 just started a new run of bluescreens during a session of Bioshock Infinite and GTAV. After a couple hours or as little as 30 minutes it gives me 0x124 and 0xA so that's a CPU NB increase I've gathered.

Question is, how far should a CPU NB be turned up and how long until it simply needs more vCore?

 

[PP Mguire]

124 is usually something being clocked too high. Use Prime95 to check for CPU stability.

CPU NB shouldn't be over 2200 with 1.3v.
I would also check those temps when you're primeing the CPU.

 

[Abstract Hero]

It's at 2000 with less than 1.2. Might be temps. I'll test after work. It was stable for a few weeks so must be temps.

 

[Abstract Hero]

Update and bump for visibility.

Seems to be something else. I'm going to post my numbers and just turn the OC back to 3.6 until I get the A/C on and time to properly re-overclock it.

 

[Abstract Hero]

Revisiting this, I discovered after doing a case clean up yesterday that the 8 pin CPU power was not in all the way/correctly. Could this have caused issues in stability do to lack of power? Or would a true bad connection (it had 4 in, 4 halfway in and not clicked in) have not let it start at all?

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea that could have caused a stability issue. 4pins provide efficient juice for regular clocks but not quite enough for overclocking 125w chips. Not having the extra 4 pins could have been an issue.