Can overclocking cause USB problems?

[v3rax]

I play Call of Duty 4 and have been having problems with my keyboard and mouse acting wierd. What happens is that certain movements that I have bound to my keyboard or mouse quit working. For instance, my key for "aiming down the site" is my right mouse button. I will be playing the game on a server and all is well, then all of a sudden, I cant aim down the site, and soem of my movements on the keyboard stop working too.

I have a Saitek USB keyboard and a Logitech G5 USB mouse. I have the latest drivers installed and have re-installed all drivers and even reformatted. Nothing helps.

I am just wondering if the fact that I have my CPU OC to 3.2ghz is causing USB problems?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[JustaGeek]

Yes, overclocking can cause the USB and other problems.

Bring your OC down to 3.0GHz and see if the problems remain.

If you still have problems, bring it down to stock speeds, and test all the other components and voltages (NB, RAM, VCore etc.).

Good luck!

 

[VirtualLarry]

On modern chipsets/mobos, overclocking shouldn't (in theory) affect the USB ports (nor IDE, nor PCI, etc.)

Some mobos may have broken implementations that do cause problems though.

 

[aka1nas]

Could also be related to chipset stability/voltage at the increased FSB speed.