memory overclock causing graphical corruption?

[Dorkenstein]

I have a mild overclock, and my ram is running at a 1:2 ratio which is what Foxconn uses. It is running at 801mhz. After a long day of use buttons and icons in firefox turn black. Could this be caused by ram being pushed too hard? I am running some cheap A-Data Vitesta DDR2-800. Thanks.

 

[egale]

Sure sounds like it. If you reset your bios to defaults with no oc does it still do it?

Also, do you have heat issues?

 

[DSF]

I dunno, I wouldn't expect DDR2-800 to flake out at DDR2-801. What are the specs of your system, and what are the temperatures of your graphics card, CPU, etc.?

As egale said though, if you reset your BIOS to stock settings and the problem goes away, then it's likely either CPU or RAM.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Well, I am running an E8400 at 3.59 ghz on a Foxconn Mars. I was under the impression this was an easy overclock. I also have an EVGA 8800gts G92 512 mb video card. Nothing is overheating but when my pc is on for a long time the room gets hotter.

 

[ShadowFlareX]

Hmm, my understanding is system RAM wouldn't cause graphical glitches, but your graphics card's RAM would. If your system RAM can't handle certain overclock, your PC would just BSOD/freeze/crash. What OS do you use? It could be some graphical settings causing it and not your overclock. Or perhaps... try clean-reinstalling Firefox if you're only seeing this issue on Firefox.