Phenom II 940 Overclocked to 3.5 Ghz
DDR2 800 Ram Overclocked to 1000 Mhz
GTX 260 216 Core
750 GB Hard Drive
And so far the system has not been stable. I've been getting blue screens ALL The Time! Finally I had it and recorded the Stop code, which is: STOP 0X0000001E.
BSOD's are most commonly caused by RAM problems. The fact that you've overclocked your RAM just confirms this. What exact RAM kit do you have? What are the timings and voltage set at? Have you run Memtest86+ overnight to test for RAM errors? You'll probably need to loosen the timings and raise the voltage for stability. Your CPU voltage will also need tweaked. Have you run Prime95 to test the CPU stability? I would go to the overclocking section and read up more on how to overclock. This is a classic failed overclock.
Well, you need to start off by listing the COMPLETE system specs. "DDR2 800 Ram Overclocked to 1000 Mhz" doesn't really tell us anything. What RAM, motherboard, and power supply do you have? If you post the exact model or a link to the product we can look up the specs and offer assistance. You'll also need to do some leg work on your own, though. There are some overclocking guides and stuff in the overclocking section. Google is also your friend.
Message edited by shortstuff_mt on 08-20-2009 at 08:23:34 PM
Well, you have a couple things working against you. First off, Raidmax is not a quality PSU manufacturer. Your PSU doesn't have active PFC and certainly won't contribute to the stability of your system.
If it is, it needs pretty high voltage (2.1v) just to get to DDR2 800 with 5-4-4-18 timings. The RAM does have Extended Voltage Protection up to 2.2v. What timings are you using at DDR2 1000? You should probably be using something like 6-6-6-20 or 6-7-7-20 at 2.1v or 2.2v. This RAM looks similar to you and is sold as DDR2 1066 with 6-7-7-20 timings at 2v.
I changed the overclock around a bit. It is now 200x17.5 for the CPU, making the Memory DDR2 800 and the CPU 3.5 Ghz. The problem is that my Hyper Transport speed is stuck at 1.8 Ghz.
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Reply to Rockstone1
Setting it to DDR2-800 at 250 Mhz Reference clock caused it to refuse to boot. Come to think of it, I had to reset my CMOS because I stupidly set the CAS timing to 3 (and therefore causing weird errors, like a pulsing HDD activity light and the fan failing)
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Reply to Rockstone1
Well first make sure it is stable at stock, then OC it SLOWLY. Of course jumping the reference clock up 25% is going to cause an issue, go slowly so you can adjust the voltage when needed.