OC'd Celeron 566@850 & Sound Forge4.5.... Random Freezes

[Cubexco]

System: Asus P3V4X, Bios 1005
CeleronII566@850, 1.8V, GoldenOrb HS
128MB PC100 SDRAM @ 100MHz
Everything works fine, including SoundForge 4.5 except random freezes after about 5 mins while recording. Does not freeze while working on a sound file, only randomly while recording....
Works fine when FSB dropped down to 66MHz
Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[StanTheMan]

Try to use 83 fsb instead of 100. If it works fine, then it means you got a processor that cannot be O/Ced that high

 

[brennan]

There's not much doubt in my mind that your CPU just can't handle 850. Sound recording is pretty stressful on the CPU, and if it works when you lower the bus speed, well...(shrug). Seems pretty clear.

I dunno, I have a 566 that wouldn't go to 850, so I dropped the bus speed to 95 MHz for a final speed of 808 MHz - been running Prime95 to stress the thing for two days now without problems. You might consider doing the same, at least to test it.

-brennan

 

[Workin']

Can you bump up your CPU voltage a little bit more? I don't know what it's supposed to be, or if you have the ability to do it. But if you still have a little safety margin, I'd try bumping up the voltage. You have good cooling, so....

 

[Cubexco]

Workin': I've tried it at 1.85V too... same problems....
I would not think that recording stresses the CPU more than when I apply filters or equalization etc....
Also, never had freezes while running Seti@home and that is supposed to load the CPU 100%....
Well... I'll just live with a slower CPU while recording.
btw my sound card is a SB Live! Value.

 

[Workin']

Hmmm

Recording must stress the CPU in a different way than other operations you have tried, or a certain combination of instructions must run that is especially fussy or something, or it could be a multitude of little things that all add up in that one special condition.

Kinda sucks, though. I use Sound Forge 4.5 sometimes and haven't had a problem. But I have a Celeron 300@464, default voltage, and a Diamond MX300 sound card.

Sorry I can't be of more help.