Can overclocking cause SATA/PATA devices to fail?

[deanx0r]

I know a lot of guide stress overclocking on CPU, RAM, AGP/PCI bus and cooling, but what about those devices? How do they tolerate OC in general?

I am running a P4 3.06GHz and curiously tempted to overclock it. FSB at 150MHz and CPU at 3.4GHz and it ran 24hrs in prime95 without problem. Upon reboot, windows check disc kick in attempting to repair my 'hdd'.

My secondary hdd, a 160GB Samsung SATA got mostly wiped, and I get some files/folders I deleted over a year ago present on the hdd, without the ability to move, delete them or even open them.

Failing hdd or OC mess up?

 

[thirdlegstump]

Yes. http://www.overclockingcanmakesata/patadevicestofail.com

 

[imported_rod]

OCing can mess with these things. Did you lock your PCI bus?

 

[deanx0r]

I didn't see that option but I presumed the PCI bus was locked or that it would just freeze/lock, I didn't expect it to wipe my whole hdd.

My hardware is faily old and literally dying (leaking motherboard, dead chipset fan) and I am planning to move on something else rather than replacing the parts. I was just wondering if those kind of issues are fixed with the later hardware.

 

[NokiaDude]

Originally posted by: deanx0r
I didn't see that option but I presumed the PCI bus was locked or that it would just freeze/lock, I didn't expect it to wipe my whole hdd.

My hardware is faily old and literally dying (leaking motherboard, dead chipset fan) and I am planning to move on something else rather than replacing the parts. I was just wondering if those kind of issues are fixed with the later hardware.

There's your problem. Most overclocking causes the northbridge to run hotter than normal and leaking capacitors is a VERY BAD thing. IF I were you I'd back up what I wanted to save and buy a new setup. I really wish people like you would take the time to research things before doing stuff like this. This could have easily turned into a "My computer blew up!" type of thread.

 

[MobiusPizza]

SATA is very sensitive to frequency. Better lock the frequency or weird things happen.

 

[bocamojo]

Agree with AnnihilatorX. If you're planning to OC, try and stay away from SATA. That being said, you generally can OC with SATA devices, depending upon your mobo's capabilities, although it won't likely be as much with the same rig and a PATA drive.