Overclock gone bad???????????

[FearoftheNight]

Hi. I overclocked my chip 1700 b dltc to 2300 at 1.65 volts. Tested w/ 12+ hrs of prime w/ progs running in background. I never get any random crashes or reboots. Except when I try to play divx movies and stuff sometimes on Windows Media player and winamp it will just lock up and freeze my mouse and screen forcing me to reboot.. This happens alot w. lord of the rings part two. Is my overclock unstable? Or could this be an issue with the player or file?

Edit: Everything. I mean everything runs fine from games to office use to photoshop to winamp music to aim ect ect ect. It will just freeze up when I'm watching a divx movie. Now given tehse cirumstances I mean I don't think it would be my overclock. So could it just be windows media player? or bad codec? Sorry if I was unclear earlier.

 

[Actaeon]

Try a reformat or reinstall of the programs?

I don't understand how it would pass 12 hours of Prime95 but fail on movie playback.

 

[skyking]

I can sure understand. I had an 18 hour run of prime, but Internet Explorer crashed immediately whenever I tried to open it. As soon as I turned down the fsb and upped the multiplier, everything was fine. Prime does not find all the memory problems and incompatabilities. I was able to push my overclock right back to 2 gig, just a higher multi and lower fsb.

 

[howdyduty]

Skyking is right on. Sometimes even PC2700 or higher rated ram doesnt run well when taxed by some programs...luck of the draw I guess. Lowering the FSB and raising multi will isolate if its a ram problem. To isolate cpu, raise vcore on the cpu up to around 1.75v and run divx. If problem goes away, it might be the cpu...needing more juice and then possibly more cooling for long-term operation at high vcore. If prob stays, likely something else like ram. Might even try to up juice on the ram as well. Good Luck.

 

[FearoftheNight]

i'm running hyperx3000 below its rated speed at 184 fsb...should tha tbe a prob?

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: FearoftheNight
i'm running hyperx3000 below its rated speed at 184 fsb...should tha tbe a prob?

Should be no problem.