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[GlimmerMan]

Hi guys,

 

I am building a pc for a friend and i tried ocing it.

 

At first it worked fine but now, windows screen loads @ boot and then hits a blue screen. It goes away so i dont have time to read it. I've looked for the bios option to disable a restart when an error occurs, but being a fairly old mobo, it doenst have that.

 

I knew that a blue screen ment you clocked it too high etc, so i put it back to stock and it STILL gets a blue sreen. Also, i tried reinstalling windows (it was a fresh copy anyway) and i cant install it. says something about the .INF sytax being wrong on line. 473.

 

i tried this on several XP disks and the same error comes up. have a screwed the cpu?

 

by the way. I oced it from 2400 - 3000 and it wouldnt get past post. then i reset CMOS back to default it all worked fine. oced back to 2800... blue screen deluxe.

 

specs:

AMD XP 2400+

Gigabyte GA-7VA rev 1

random Kingston ValueRam -512mb

TNT GF2 32mb

 

EDIT - those numbers next to the first line of the post... have no idea how they got there + and i fixed a few spelling errors

[Dr_Frankenstein]

have you tried reinstalling after formatting the HD?

[Encrypted_God]

I am pointing fingers at the Specs. Paticularly the Ram.

[BTSchnarfy]

Out of curiosity, are you actually putting it at 2.8GHz? Or are you running it at 2800+ speeds? Cause there is a big difference. Plus, cheap RAM and a GigaByte mobo won't get you too far.

[Encrypted_God]

I am pointing fingers at the Specs. Paticularly the Ram.

603541[/snapback]

I will repeat myself. AND..BTW

putting it at 2.8GHz? Or are you running it at 2800+ speeds? Cause there is a big difference.

That's a very good comment

[cchalogamer]

Plus, cheap RAM and a GigaByte mobo won't get you too far.

603543[/snapback]

What the heck is that supposed to mean...

 

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=43547

 

 

But anyway back to that "2.4-2.8" comment....umm a 2800+ runs what ~2.08Ghz? actualyl 2083mhz, went to AMD's site so If you made it to 2.8...wow...which is to say i dont think you did.

 

Anyway, try clearing cmos, unpluging power at the wall, hitting pwr button, removing cmos battery for 30+ mins, and putting it all back together after that. then cross your fingers and hit the pwr button again...

 

Good luck.

[Encrypted_God]

Shouldn't have to remove it for 30+ Minutes. 30+ Seconds would suffice.

[GlimmerMan]

I'll clear cmos again and see if it works.. maybe i just screwed somethiing up mega in the bios. Perhaps i should throw the dodgey HDD into my good pc, format it then try for a reinstall. I'll do all this tomorrow, 1:00am here and im tired (playing NS all night).

 

By the way, the parts are left overs from my dads pc. hes only paying $300AUD for it (about $170-200 for you in the USA) so its not like hes getting a hectocogon Xeon server or anything (if they exist).

 

EDIT: Found the problem.... Crappy ram. I threw my XMS in there and it boots properly. Can't get ANY overclock on it because its already unstable @ stock speeds. It ran Prime95 for about 7 hours then crashed.