Booting into Windows, but screen is black.

kyle2194

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Hey im a first time overclocker here. Ive been trying to overclock my Core 2 Duo E6600, but im hitting a wall. I can get it to about 2.85 ghz, but when i try to go any higher i have a problem.

My video card fails to output anything to my monitor, but Windows still boots. I can hear the welcome screen sound and can successfully log in (blindly).

My pcie bus is set to 100 in the bios, and i have a 850 watt psu. The video card is a EVGA 9800gt and, the fan on the video card still spins if that matters.

All is fine when i reset my bios settings, and i can overclock again right up to the 2.85ghz point, but not past it. Anyways, I apologize in advance for info I most likely left out.