Seanohue Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Ok, I have this strange thing happening. I have been running 312x9 on 1.475 v, 166 divider, 3-4-4-10, rock solid, 18hrs Prime stable. Now, the part I can't make sense of: it runs without a hiccup for a week, but today when I boot up EQ2 or BF2, it crashes. I bump the volts up to 1.5v. Work perfectly again. Few hours later, crash. Bump up to 1.525 and so on till 1.55v. At this point instability (when I say instability, I mean it won't do the verify DMI pool data thing, just sits there for a few seconds then reboots) I'm really scratching my head. So, I go back to the BIOS change the setting 311x9 and 1.475 v again. And here I am at Windows Now, I havent tried a game yet so I don't know what will happen yet, I'll keep this updated. But can anyone make sense of this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 you can have an overclock stable in prime occt ect but fail at windows or some programs / games ect so :S Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickson Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 I agree with esco. you are realy pussing that CPU and may have reached the max long befor the 312X9 . bumping up the Vcore may not be the answer you may have to take it down past the 311X9 you have and go to like 270X9 and start over . the instabilaty maybe due to heat and this is where the instabilaty is comming into afect . try taking it down and then playing a game and see what happens . may even be the memory controler on the CPU is maxed out and once you start to put the screws to it fails . prime and all them stress tests can't give the realy time stress that a game will give it . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmancajun Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 It happens to me when I use dividers with 704-2bt. Have you tried different BIOS's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickson Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 yeah get the official bios from DFI and that should make a diffeance that is the one I have N4D623-4 is the one I am using . It has gotten my CPU to 2.75GHz rock solid and stable too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanohue Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 I'm using 6/23 -3. But 311 wasnt stable either so i brought back down to 300 at 1.475v. Stable again, played EQ2 for about 2 hours with no problems. Just can't understand why it would go sour after a long time of stability. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickson Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 no telling maybe not as stable as you thought perhaps , it happens don't be freaked out to much about it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanohue Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Ok, update. I'm having the exact same problem at 300x9 now. I've got no idea what is going on now. Maybe a memory issue? They are stable in memtest but obviously stability tests mean nothing atm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1lk1 Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 In my PC when the ram is set too tightly, it will also hang on the DMI pool screeen and reboot. Sounds like a memory issue to me. BF2 is also heavily memory dependant. Relax the ram slightly and see what happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanohue Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 its relaxed to its max, 3-4-4-10. Any more and it will not post. And also note it is on a 166 divider so it is running below spec. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanohue Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Ok, and now were back to 312x9 1.475v lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mursaat Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Without any changes in BIOS? weird... At first I thought about your PSU rails, but with that PSU... P.D. What is that (MCW6002) you write after your Vcore? a multimeter? (never used them sorry ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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