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I tried to overclock my e6400 from 417 fsb to 425 fsb, that is something that shouldn't cause a major problem like what happened to me. Before my idle temps were about 40 degrees, after I overclocked to 4.25 fsb they were 43-44. I tried prime95 and immediately it said there was an error. This had happened to me before and what I did before was I had forgotten to raise the vcore. I went back to my bios and did that. then my temps were about 45 idle and prime95 barely started when I also started to open speed fan and my comp crashed. I restarted and when I did my system bell or whatever it's called turned on (which I think I set to go off when my bios read 60 degrees) and then it shut down. Now when I start windows it goes to 53 degrees, which has never happened, and idle is now at 44 degrees! This is with the same settings as before I tried to get ti to 425 so what did I do wrong? Did I break my cpu?? Is that even possible????

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Maybe the ram can't stay stable at 425FSB? Even the cpu being OC'd can cause errors & erratic behavior. Did prime95 work fine at 417FSB? If so then leave it there - an OC from the default 266FSB to 417 is a good one so quit while you're ahead.

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Reply to JMecc

Well I guessed that it wasn't stable and thats why I I lowered it back to 417. I don't know why but after I brought my cpu back to stock everything then clocked it back to 417 it became perfectly cool and stable again. Is there any reason why this happened?

Reply to eatinpaper

The motherboards voltage regulators may be having a hard time maintaining a stable voltage at that level, causing positive fluctuations and a temp rise. What motherboard are you using? And what power supply?

EDIT: The same applies with the power supply, it may be unable to provide stable enough rails.

Reply to randomizer

I'm using a gigabyte ds3 and an antec 550 psu. If I put a hs on my volt regulators can I get a higher clock?

Reply to eatinpaper

Probably not unless theyre causing a problem. But it will help lower their temps and prevent them from melting :wink: Your board may even get close to a normal lifespan again.

Reply to randomizer

Is there any way to tell what is the problem is, if it's the volt regulators , or ram, or what?

Reply to eatinpaper

Replace the mobo? Not really a viable option tho. Why not just stick with your current OC and avoid problems?

Reply to randomizer

*sigh* I guess a 56% overclock should do. It's a shame though because I have seen 6400's get a bit higher.

Reply to eatinpaper

Boo-hoo :P Just coz others have got higher doesnt mean you can.

Reply to randomizer
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