murdocsvan
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basically my computer has been locking up completely since ive been overclocking it.
im running an E6600 (stockspeed: 2.4Ghz) at 3.0Ghz (333Mhz x 9) on a nVidia 650SLI MB
temperatures run at around 35C reaching a peak of 45C under minimal stress (Half Life 2)
i think one of the main causes of the frequent crashes may have been me taking the case cover off and placing a small desktop fan next to it to keep it ultra cool.
when i placed the fan there, the idle temperature of the core dropped to around 20C
when a hang occurs on my computer, its like a proper oldschool crash; everything completely gives up the ghost. no processing. fan stays at same speed and im left with a screen compltely frozen like im looking at a screenshot.
this has happened about 4 times now. the first time it crashed was when i was using MSN 8.5 Beta. the second while i was installing wow. the third when attempting to install wow again and the forth on bootup just after the windows loading screen, it crashed, with me being able to move my mouse around a blank black screen
all voltages for all components are set so that the motherboard decides what the best voltage is etc and the memory FSB is left at the default of 800Mhz.
any suggestions?
im running an E6600 (stockspeed: 2.4Ghz) at 3.0Ghz (333Mhz x 9) on a nVidia 650SLI MB
temperatures run at around 35C reaching a peak of 45C under minimal stress (Half Life 2)
i think one of the main causes of the frequent crashes may have been me taking the case cover off and placing a small desktop fan next to it to keep it ultra cool.
when i placed the fan there, the idle temperature of the core dropped to around 20C
when a hang occurs on my computer, its like a proper oldschool crash; everything completely gives up the ghost. no processing. fan stays at same speed and im left with a screen compltely frozen like im looking at a screenshot.
this has happened about 4 times now. the first time it crashed was when i was using MSN 8.5 Beta. the second while i was installing wow. the third when attempting to install wow again and the forth on bootup just after the windows loading screen, it crashed, with me being able to move my mouse around a blank black screen
all voltages for all components are set so that the motherboard decides what the best voltage is etc and the memory FSB is left at the default of 800Mhz.
any suggestions?