Does Vista 32bit suck at overclocking ?

[Yodan4]

Anyone aware of known problems or fixes regarding overclocking CPU's in Vista 32bit?

I am trying to overclock my AMD x2 3800+ and it works fine in XP but won't work in VISTA (I have a dual boot system.) In Vista it sometimes shows the desktop but very quickly it reboots. Another forum suggests there are problems in Vista but I haven't found fixes yet. Please let me know if you have problems or success.......Thanks. The following are my stats and my settings used to overclock:

System:
Asrock 939Dual Sata 2 board newest bios 2.30, AMD x2 3800+, 2 1 gig sticks of G.SkillDual channel PC3200 Ram with heat spreaders,Antec NeoPower 480 watt PSU, 250Gig Sata2 Drive, 160gig ide drive, dvd/rw drive, dvd drive.

Settings:
Overclock mode CPU, PCIE Async
PCIE Frequency 100
Boot Failure Guard Enabled
Spread Spectrum Disabled
Cool n Quiet Disabled
Dual Core Support Enabled

Processor 2400 x 10
Processor Voltage 1.400v

CPU-NB Link Speed 600 (ie, 3x)
CPU-NB Link width 16
NB-SB Link Speed 600 (ie, 3x)
NB-SB Link Width 16
HTTtoPCIBridgeDecodeScheme Subtractive
DRAM Voltage Auto

memory divider 166

 

[skyguy]

This has been asked before..........try the Search function

The answer is NO. You don't overclock from Windows, you overclock from BIOS, so the operating system is irrelevant. BIOS settings are what makes your OC successful (and good hardware).

Vista may be blamed for many things, but poor overclocking is not one of them.

I've overclocked a C2D 6300 to 3.5 ghz (88% overclock) on Vista and XP, and a Q6600 to 3.4 ghz (45% overclock) on Vista and XP as well. No difference.

Back to the BIOS Overclocking drawing board.......your issue lies there, or your hardware is luck of the draw.