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Windows files corrupt any time i overclock

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foges

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I just upgraded my motherboard and CPU and now every time that i overclock and it gets unstable, some file on my computer will become corrupt so windows wont boot and the windows repair function on the windows install CD wont work (it will always halt somewhere). Why is this? It isnt normal is it?

This time when i run the install CD the problem is:

L:\I386\asms Parameter is incorrect

anyone have any clue how to fix it, before i go reformatting again???

Im running linux right now, but i deffenetally dont love it, its just too complicated for what an os should be, especially when it comes to installing stuff, i really dont like the terminal.
 
So change to Ubuntu or Kubuntu, adept package manager, apt-get , doesn't need to start in a terminal, if you like.
Normally, people that tell Linux is too complicated tend to tell to technicians that if an icon is out of the place it was, the system is broke.
Use a Live CD to test the stability of your system under overclock, normally people use super PI to do it, and a memory test would help too.
Linux is far more simple than windows in infrastructure, but far more stronger.
 
Yes, this is expected behavior. Stable overclocked systems are generally an illusion. You are simply getting missed clock edges, bitflips and all that in ways that are not causing a critical crash. It's a ticking bomb.

car analogy time!
If you redline your car all the time you might not blow the engine. Do you have any illusions that this is good on your car just because the engine doesn't blow? No. Why then do people think this is ok for the PC? You wouldn't be surprised if you started burning oil in that redlined car, so don't be surprised when you start corrupting data in your O/C system.


I'm not trying to knock ya for overclocking or say that overclocking is bad. You just have to understand the limitations. 🙂



note: There will be those that argue stability is possible. You dunno what you're talking about (even though you may be right)! Those that know enough to get a stable o/c system also know I'm right.
 
Originally posted by: foges
anyone have any clue how to fix it, before i go reformatting again???
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Yes, back down on your overclock.

If you need help on overclocking then go into the cpu forums and we'll be willing to help.

 
Some motherboards have unlocked SATA/IDE ports, and these are not good boards to overclock for such reasons. Some such motherboards also have some SATA ports which are locked, so you can get more stable drive and system performance even when overclocking when you use these ports. In such cases, e.g. ports 1 and 2 are unlocked but ports 3 and 4 are locked -- you should try going to a different pair / look into your motherboard details.
 
I could have sworn I already replied to this thread and now it's missing, but anyway your files are getting corrupt because you are overclocking your hard drive controller by increasing the bus speed. Unless your motherboard allows you to run your pci bus at a different speed (and most don't) you are going to be limited by how much you can overclock. Usually it's another component that causes instability before the cpu does.

I had old of those old P4 1.6GHz that were huge overclockers. I was able to overclock it to 2.4GHz using a 150Mhz FSB bus because the Asus motherboard I had allowed me to change the pci bus multiplier so I was able to get it running at around 30MHz (stock is 33Mhz). However that mobo died on me and I replaced it with a Gigabyte mobo which had a lot more features than my old one but didn't allow me to change the pci bus so I couldn't get the CPU overclocked past 2.1GHz because past 133Mhz it started overclocking the pci bus out of spec. At 2.4Ghz the pci bus was running at 38Mhz. I actually think the problem I had was data corruption.
 
While most people are pointing to overclocking the hard drive controllers, probably on the PCI bus, from my experience getting a corrupt registry is usually caused by faulty memory, maybe from pushing it too far in overclocking, or possibly because it is bad to begin with.

This is just about the worst problem you can get, overclocking or otherwise. Something is wrong with your system. I suggest you set everything at stock settings and run some good memory testing utilities. Prime 95 is good. Super-PI is good also. Google to find these.
 
Reminds me of the old story - when I bang my head against the wall, it hurst. But when I stop, the pain goes away. 🙂
 
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