Have I just fried my CPU???

69ingChipmunkzz

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So for many months now I've used amd overdrive to overclock my fx4100, 3.6ghz to 4200ghz at 1.3v.
So when I tried to do it today, same specs as usual, clicking apply crashed my computer about 3 seconds later. I'm running windows 8 so the blue screen came up saying, "your pc ran into trouble, we'll try and fix the issue now" or that message of that sort- I think it was just a BSOD.
When restarting, the system hanged on the windows loading screen.
Trying again, the computer booted as normal. So checked CCC to see that the overclock was still not applied. Thinking everything was fine, I started to watch something on you tube when the system hanged again.

Please note I've been having hang issues since installing a cracked version of Avid and a avg free. Both of these have been removed, hence why the hang was strange. (Earlier this evening the system hanged while watching shawshank redemption on Vic player... Several times)

I really hope I haven't fried the fx4100


Specs
Fx4100
8gb ram
Hd7870
2x1tb hdd
Win8 64bit
 
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onichikun

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It is very unlikely that you friend your CPU, especially since it sounds like your OS is loading up. Now, there could be some instability due to whatever settings you have set your CPU to be running at. I would make sure you revert back to the intended clock settings, atleast until you have worked this stability issue out.

If something were to be damaged, I would say more than likely it is your memory. Check the voltage settings and timings you are running the DIMMs at. Then run something like memtest86 booted off a CD drive for awhile (a few hours). If that all works, then try running prime 95 in a live CD setting as well, to eliminate any software causes.

If those tests work, I say try a fresh OS install, and avoid any risky downloads.

 
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