overclock damage

[duncan9562]

ive had my computer running at a stable overclock for some time now. I decided to crank it up a few more notches butthen i started getting problems. The main one is that when im running big applications like battlefield 2, the computer locks up and i have to hard resset to get it back to normal. What would i have damaged to make it do this....could it be ram? appreciate the response as i can no longer play any games peace out.

 

[Nitestick]

doesn't sound like any damage to me if i am right in assuming you have not downclocked it since you:

decided to crank it up a few more notches

if i'm right then take it back to stock speed. if it is back at stock speed and hasn't been for very long it is also possible that it is overheating. i find that after i do suicide benchmarks (high overclocks for the sake of my e-p3nis ) i may get instability even back at stock speeds for as much as a few hours........especially on high ram overclocks.

 

[lhuser]

if your CPU is unstable from the overclock, it will cause lock ups and other stuff. Go back to stock as it's just safe.

I'll tell you one thing:
My CPU (P4 3.00GHZ) Was OCed to 3.87GHZ...and tried to aim 4. The BIOS locked up and wouldn't reboot. I thought I blew it. Nope, it was the BIOS, but that was a scare

Back at stock speed is good choice.

And, I think this is in the wrong section. There's an overclocking lounge here, I believe.

 

[bmxfreakrider]

yes there is, but since uve already posted and been awnsered here, just go head and keep it here ^_^(unless mod says otherwize) but if it locks up at full max, try and shoot for 3.65-3.7

 

[Nitestick]

well........any results or new symptoms mate?

i think this is alright to stay in the HW Troubleshooting seeing as it is actually hardware troubleshooting more than overclocking. in future though you should probably post anything with the word overclocking in the overclocking section though

 

[neodude112320]

I am a scaredy cat i wont overclock my cpu,by the way Lhuser your from cforums.org!

 

[duncan9562]

sorry for a late reply, i have returned to stock now. but im still getting the same problems. what can i try and do? would flashing with new bios be a good idea?