Tony
Sun Oct 21 12:13:16 PDT 2007
These are good points. Like Carlos says, a few percent OC isn't going to be
a problem, but if it is doing that behind your back I would suspect a faulty
voltage regulator, overvoltage could overclock your CPU but it could also
make other things start acting funny on the motherboard.
Even if you were living next door to the powerstation, your PSU should keep
that in check, if it is of good quality.
Tony. . .
"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:A61DE5C2-D5ED-40A0-8859-2B5AC05AB747@microsoft.com...
> Jamie --
> It really sounds like you've tried most things we've all come up with.
> I'm beginning to suspect some subtle problem with the board or the CPU. If
> it's a newly built system, you should have some recourse with your vendor.
> I might try for a system board swap to a different mfg & model. Most will
> want you to do a few tests you've already done, and then do the deal if
> you approach them right. I would avoid going back to the same abit board.
>
> Another, low time cost, non-invasive test is to try running with only 1
> GB of RAM and/or change around which slots are being used.
>
> I once had a world of problems with an Asus board, and AMD Athlon64
> CPU. No matter what we tried, it had problems. We swapped out for another
> board, same model, and it STILL had problems. And yet, I have an identical
> board here, running with that same BIOS version and same speed/stepping
> CPU and it's been running like a champ for nearly 3 years. We finally got
> the problem one to work by changing to an abit board. sometimes it's just
> the combination of things that causes the problem. Changing out the board
> model/mfg should eliminate that as a possibility.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
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>
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>
>
> "Jamie Plenderleith" <JamiePlenderleith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:97851DA8-7AE4-49AC-8B8F-86473B45D48F@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Carlos,
>>
>> When I underclock the CPU it seems to stay on for longer and World of
>> Warcraft can run for some time.
>>
>> I thought it was power originally, so replaced by 450W PSU with a 700W
>> PSU.
>> That did not have any effect :/
>>
>> "Carlos" wrote:
>>
>>> Jamie:
>>> That's a mere 2% overclocking and shouldn't be a problem.
>>> Maybe your BIOS setup has options for Automatic Overclocking via some
>>> nickname.
>>> ASUS uses "NOS" for those tasks.
>>> See if you have it and if it can be disabled. Check your motherboard
>>> manual.
>>> One last shot.
>>> Insufficient power supply wattage may be causing your posted issues!!
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jamie Plenderleith" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Another bizarre piece of information.
>>> >
>>> > If I use the Intel CPU Identification Utility, it tells me that the
>>> > CPU is
>>> > overclocked.
>>> > I don't understand how this can be the case though. It's a normal
>>> > Intel
>>> > boxed CPU. I haven't overclocked it or anything. I'm using the default
>>> > motherboard settings, and when I look at the overclocking areas of the
>>> > BIOS,
>>> > they are all set to the normal speed the CPU is supposed to be running
>>> > at.
>>> > But it's saying the following
>>> >
>>> > System Expected Speed: 2.66GHz
>>> > System Reported Core 1: 2.71GHz
>>> > System Reported Core 2: 2.71GHz
>>> > System Reported Core 3: 2.71GHz
>>> > System Reported Core 4: 2.71GHz
>>> >
>>> > System Bus Expected: 1066MHz
>>> > System Bus Reported Core 1: 1087MHz
>>> > System Bus Reported Core 2: 1087MHz
>>> > System Bus Reported Core 3: 1087MHz
>>> > System Bus Reported Core 4: 1087MHz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > So for some reason the CPU is running faster than it's supposed to....
>>> > bizarre....
>>> >
>>> > "Jamie Plenderleith" wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hi Guys,
>>> > >
>>> > > Am an experienced system builder, and former software dev MVP.
>>> > > Recently put together a machine;
>>> > > E6700 Quad Core CPU
>>> > > Abit AW9D-Max Motherboard
>>> > > 2GB of PC8500 RAM
>>> > > ATI Radeon X1800 XL
>>> > > etc.
>>> > >
>>> > > I have installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit. I am getting random
>>> > > BSODs and
>>> > > reboots. I'm getting a comination of stop codes. Usually it's
>>> > > 'A Clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within
>>> > > the
>>> > > allocated time interval'
>>> > > Sometimes it's 0x0A IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL, but usually it's
>>> > > 0x0101
>>> > > So, for example;
>>> > >
>>> > > 0x00000101, 0x000...030, 0x000...0, 0xFF..., 0x000...03
>>> > > 0x00000101, 0x000...030, 0x000...0, 0xFF..., 0x000...02
>>> > > or
>>> > > 0x0000000A, 0x000...030, 0x000...C, 0x000...01, 0xFF....
>>> > >
>>> > > I have swapped out the memory with known good memory. I have updated
>>> > > the
>>> > > motherboard BIOS to its latest version. I have tried both the latest
>>> > > graphics
>>> > > drivers from ATI and the default Microsoft drivers that Vista
>>> > > installs. The
>>> > > machine is not overheating. The built-in memory tester in windows
>>> > > ran the
>>> > > tests without issue. The machine seems to behave itself while
>>> > > running in Safe
>>> > > Mode.
>>> > > Loading the game 'World of Warcraft' can cause it to crash very
>>> > > quickly -
>>> > > but sometimes I can get a few minutes out of the game. Opening
>>> > > apparently any
>>> > > other game will not cause the machine to crash.
>>> > >
>>> > > Any thoughts?
>>> > >
>>> > > Regards,
>>> > > Jamie
>