Hello all I'm new to AT forums, been reading a bit so I thougth I could ask for some opinions about my issue.
First of all, sorry for my english.
So after having my computer for 4 years I decide to overclock it a bit cause it's starting to show some aging.
Specs are:
E6300 C2D @ 1,86Ghz
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (rev 1.0 bios version F14)
3x 1GB generic Kingston DDR2 667Mhz memory (had 4 but one of them died 2-3 years ago)
Gigabyte Nvidia 7950GT
I read some guides and updated my bios to F14, started by undervolting, testing stability, upping the FSB to 333 (2,333 @ 1,2v), all was fine. I was afraid my mem wouldn't go up to 800Mhz but it had no issues so i started to try 400mhz fsb.
Comp was POSTing and loading Windows 7 ok but failing prime95 so I thought it was time to add some voltages. The last time all voltages were normal except for CPU it was 1,25v, prime95 was running longer than normal then the issues started. So to not bore you the SMART of my HD was showing some Ultra DMA CRC errors and everytime I did something related to my integrated lan card (disable, changing anything) the comp was lagging, it wasn't locking up just "hey I'm going to stop and think a bit about myself and the universe, wait a little".
The HD was attatched to the Intel SATA controller (yellow SATA ports). Switching the cable didn't help, using the ports as IDE didn't work, so after half a weekend reinstalling windows trying to figure what was the problem I switched to the Gigabyte SATA controller (purple ports) and everything has been fine since then.
I'm kinda afraid to try to overclock again cause even at 333 FSB the bios would clear the changes after rebooting, that didn't happen so frequently before the Ultra DMA CRC errors.
I have read about the PCI Express Frequency setting in the BIOS issue, I had it always at AUTO, was that my mistake? It's just my GA-965P-S3 is a bit old to endure such stress? After my SATA ports failed I discovered that the recommended setting was 101, 102 or even 110 Mhz cause AUTO would make the BIOS reboot and clear the overclock settings.
Should I try overclocking again?
I hope I haven't embarrased myself and explained the issue more or less clearly.
Happy new year btw! and thanks for reading me.
First of all, sorry for my english.
So after having my computer for 4 years I decide to overclock it a bit cause it's starting to show some aging.
Specs are:
E6300 C2D @ 1,86Ghz
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (rev 1.0 bios version F14)
3x 1GB generic Kingston DDR2 667Mhz memory (had 4 but one of them died 2-3 years ago)
Gigabyte Nvidia 7950GT
I read some guides and updated my bios to F14, started by undervolting, testing stability, upping the FSB to 333 (2,333 @ 1,2v), all was fine. I was afraid my mem wouldn't go up to 800Mhz but it had no issues so i started to try 400mhz fsb.
Comp was POSTing and loading Windows 7 ok but failing prime95 so I thought it was time to add some voltages. The last time all voltages were normal except for CPU it was 1,25v, prime95 was running longer than normal then the issues started. So to not bore you the SMART of my HD was showing some Ultra DMA CRC errors and everytime I did something related to my integrated lan card (disable, changing anything) the comp was lagging, it wasn't locking up just "hey I'm going to stop and think a bit about myself and the universe, wait a little".
The HD was attatched to the Intel SATA controller (yellow SATA ports). Switching the cable didn't help, using the ports as IDE didn't work, so after half a weekend reinstalling windows trying to figure what was the problem I switched to the Gigabyte SATA controller (purple ports) and everything has been fine since then.
I'm kinda afraid to try to overclock again cause even at 333 FSB the bios would clear the changes after rebooting, that didn't happen so frequently before the Ultra DMA CRC errors.
I have read about the PCI Express Frequency setting in the BIOS issue, I had it always at AUTO, was that my mistake? It's just my GA-965P-S3 is a bit old to endure such stress? After my SATA ports failed I discovered that the recommended setting was 101, 102 or even 110 Mhz cause AUTO would make the BIOS reboot and clear the overclock settings.
Should I try overclocking again?
I hope I haven't embarrased myself and explained the issue more or less clearly.
Happy new year btw! and thanks for reading me.
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