OC Became Unstable

[Reiniku]

I was running my cpu at @ 2.4ghz (240x10) stock voltage with the ram running 200mhz 2.5-3-3-7 1T memtest passed and prime stable for 15 hours. Next thing i know my computer suddenly dies and after i reset the cmos and go back to my oc'd settings i'm unstable. I tried raising my vcore all the way to 1.6 and i still can't load a game without the computer completely freezing up. I've tried other settings (all at basically 1.6), and it seems that 230x11 was the most stable only lasting 1hour in p95.

Thinking about it this happened after I flashed my bios to 1009. So i flashed to the 1010 bios, but its still the same. It's not the psu, not the ram... but if anyones ever had a case where their stable oc became suddenly unstable please let me know about it

 

[Zebo]

I think it's your $10 PSU fried something on mobo. Check for bulgding capacitors on mobo.. what are it's specs?

 

[Budman]

Why would anybody build a nice system & then ruin it by putting in a 10$ PSu is beyond me !!!

 

[Reiniku]

:b well it was only $10 due to some misunderstandings and price matches... was usually 60 bucks

just to add: rails have been incredibly stable and within 1% spec (11.92, 3.28, 5.56) and i've already tried trading it out with an antec 350 (not powering up the extra drives, and any unnecessary devices for testing)

 

[Reiniku]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I think it's your $10 PSU fried something on mobo. Check for bulgding capacitors on mobo.. what are it's specs?

specs