dam this win xp

[skeletal29]

Ok

I used to have windows 98 and oced my rig from 750 to 840 p3.
Now in win 98 it never froze or anything like that...Now with windows xp when i open a couple of programs and stuff it gives me that blue screen of death....somthin about take out hardware which u added....this is getting realy anoying.Should i just take out the slot converter and just not overclock it?

 

[Fingers]

go to your device manager and expand computer. If it says anything other than "standard PC" update the driver for a standard PC and restart. Your system will assign everything to its own IRQ and you will have a quicker and more stable system. I was experiencing the same problems up until i did this.


Edit: I can verify this works for win 2000 pro and win xp pro. If you have XP home I cannot verify that it works but i will assume so because it is based on the NT kernal.

 

[skeletal29]

it is set to standard pc!

 

[bacillus]

don't know if this applies to you as well but the windows update site offered me an update file for use with my p3 cpu!

 

[JesseKnows]

I have found that under XP I had to push the CPU Voltage higher to get a stable overclock. On a VP6, 2 X PIII 700 (cB0), to get 933 stable I had to go from 1.75V to 1.8V (CPU Specced at 1.65V). Otherwise I had freezes and BSODs.

I suggest you try to up your CPU Voltage a tad beyond what used to be adequate for Win98.

 

[AdamK47]

Hardware instability is hardware instability. Windows XP just made it more evident. I hate seeing people who assume they can overclock higher just due to the OS they are using. It's not the OS that determines a successful overclock. It's the quality of the hardware and it's ability to run stable at higher speeds.

 

[skeletal29]

i have it on 840 and 1.6v and it crashes alot but now when i took it down to like 771 i get less blue screen.

I think i have figured it out...it my dam ram...i use pc100 adn i took the fsb to about 102 for 771.I will get pc133 ca2 and see how that works out.

 

[skeletal29]

i have it on 840 and 1.6v and it crashes alot but now when i took it down to like 771 i get less blue screen.

I think i have figured it out...it my dam ram...i use pc100 adn i took the fsb to about 102 for 771.I will get pc133 ca2 and see how that works out.