Shut-offs and Overclocking Failures

[Lifixs]

Alright so about a week ago I began suffering seemingly random shut-offs (Cut to black, no sound, lights on, fans running.). I cleaned out the case hoping the issue was caused by excess dust and updated the bios. The shut-offs have stopped but the problem now is that I cant load windows while overclocked, when I try I get bsod. I have run a memtest successfully for several hours.

The previous overclock was 3GHz. (13x331)

Specifications dumped from Everest:

Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) 5000+
Motherboard Name Asus M3A78-EM (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset AMD 780G, AMD Hammer
System Memory 6144 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: G Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM2: G Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM3: Kingston KTC1G-UDIMM 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM4: Kingston KTC1G-UDIMM 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (10/12/09)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 4870 (RV770)
Monitor Acer X193W+ [19" LCD] (LBE090263610)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter ATI Radeon HDMI @ ATI RV770 - High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC1200 @ ATI SB700 - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller AEK7MWWS IDE Controller
Storage Controller MagicISO SCSI Host Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive HP Photosmart C3180 USB Device
Disk Drive ST3250624A (250 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive WDC WD800BB-00DKA0 USB Device (74 GB, USB)
Optical Drive LQBAR ROTARGX SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DRU-800A (DVD+R9:4x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 232.9 GB (11.3 GB free)
H: (NTFS) 76316 MB (10377 MB free)
Total Size 307.4 GB (21.4 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Primary IP Address 192.168.1.132
Primary MAC Address 00-B0-8C-0A-1D-DB
Network Adapter 802.11n Wireless LAN Card (192.168.1.132)
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 (192.168.120.1)
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8 (192.168.213.1)

Peripherals:
Printer HP Photosmart C3100 series
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer WebEx Document Loader
FireWire Controller JMicron JMB380 PCI-E 1394a OHCI FireWire Controller and Memory Card Host Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller ATI SB700 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB2 Controller ATI SB700 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device HP Photosmart C3100 series (DOT4USB)
USB Device HP Photosmart C3100
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Printing Support

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 2003
DMI System Manufacturer System manufacturer
DMI System Product System Product Name
DMI System Version System Version
DMI System Serial Number System Serial Number
DMI System UUID 40B8001E-8C000183-4C1A0023-540A485B
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
DMI Motherboard Product M3A78-EM
DMI Motherboard Version Rev X.0x
DMI Motherboard Serial Number MS1C89B13400718
DMI Chassis Manufacturer Chassis Manufacture
DMI Chassis Version Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number Chassis Serial Number
DMI Chassis Asset Tag Asset-1234567890
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case

Thanks in advance.

 

[pcgeek11]

The shut-offs have stopped but the problem now is that I cant load windows while overclocked, when I try I get bsod. I have run a memtest successfully for several hours.

Well My immediate response is the hardware was not made to " Over Clock ".
Why are you worried that it will not do it?
Will it boot and run without the over clock?
If so the answer is simple .... Don't over clock.
If not you may have damaged the CPU from over clocking.

Reinstall Windows without the over clock and see if it will boot.

pcgeek11

 

[Lifixs]

Well My immediate response is the hardware was not made to " Over Clock ".
Why are you worried that it will not do it?
Will it boot and run without the over clock?
If so the answer is simple .... Don't over clock.
If not you may have damaged the CPU from over clocking.

Reinstall Windows without the over clock and see if it will boot.

pcgeek11

I'm not overly worried, I just want to make sure its the cpu and not something else entirely, besides I could use an upgrade anyway. Hold on I've got an idea, I'll run prime 95 from the boot disk while overclocked.

Sorry I'm just not that confident in my ability's, I confirmation that I'm heading in the right direction.

 

[Lifixs]

Alright, I ran a CPU stress test all night without errors while overclocked.

Could it really be windows considering it runs fine when not overclocked?

 

[pcgeek11]

Alright, I ran a CPU stress test all night without errors while overclocked.

Could it really be windows considering it runs fine when not overclocked?

What memory test did you run?

Run the Windows native memory test from booting the DVD overnight and see what it says.

Yes it could be you installation. You could try reinstalling with the over clock in place.

Why over clock? Max problems for Min gains.


pcgeek11