using mbm5 to guage system stability...!

[Wigwam]

as odd as it sounds i seem to have noticed that when i overclock i will definately get a crash or subsequent post failures if my cpu speed in mbm5 is being incorrectly reported:

for example i originally noticed that when i ran 9.5x200 @ 1.675 [stable o/c] it was correct at 1900 mhz
10x200 [any vcore upto 1.75!] and it read a lower speed [eg 1600s] - and it crashed frequently/failed to post needing hard cmos resets
10/10.5xanything read an incorrect speed [and it was very crashy]
9.5x200 at 1.65 = incorrect speed = bios checksum error on reboot

to date when the speed has been correctly reported it has breezed through testing with no probs!

 

[Fern]

Hmmm.. That's interesting. Never heard of such a use for mbm5. I've got an OC project coming up next month. I'll give it a try.

You wrote "to date when the speed has been incorrectly reported it has breezed through testing with no probs" Did you mean "correctly" here, instead of "incorrectly"?

 

[Wigwam]

Originally posted by: Fern
Hmmm.. That's interesting. Never heard of such a use for mbm5. I've got an OC project coming up next month. I'll give it a try.

i have to admit that it is a chance observation - i noticed it during problems trying to get 10x200 to run and it would NEVER say 2000mhz...and when i put it to 9.5x200 with not enough juice i got the same issue but speed was correct when i upped the vcore...

Originally posted by: Fern
You wrote "to date when the speed has been incorrectly reported it has breezed through testing with no probs" Did you mean "correctly" here, instead of "incorrectly"?

oops yeah...that's what i get for posting at ungodly hours of the morning - post will be duly editted!