e6300 won't overclock anymore

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Limp Gawd
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I was doing a mod on my case by cutting a whole in the top of the case. i didnt want to take all my components out so i covered them with tons of saranwrap and that worked fine. when i bring my computer back up to my room it does not boot with my overclock. it boots just fine when its at 266*7, but even at 267*7 it crashes. has anyone had this problem and know how to fix it? i dont think it was anything i did while cutting because the computer boots, just not when OC'd. i thought it might be the temps since South Carolina weather just went up about 30 degrees in the few days i did the cutting, but that was debunked because my board wont even take it to 267.

specs in sig(with slightly lower overclock aka 1.86)
 
could you have knocked the heatsink loose? what are your temps, have they changed?
it was at 3.15ghz before and now you cant get it past 1.86? that is a bit of a difference, it doesnt sound like cutting the case would have caused it but metal shavings in electronics can have all sorts of unlikely consequences.

if you have to do more cutting, put some towels ontop of the saran wrap, hot metal shavings can easily melt thru or blow around, the towel will trap them much better. also if its steel your cutting get a big ass magnet and put it in the path of the shavings, that will catch most of them. also if you have to cut the top, most cases (towers atleast) have tops that are riveted on by 4-6 pop rivets. just drill those out, take the top off and work on it outside, then just snap some rivets back in and your all set, no need for saran wrap ;)
 
its not that the OC wont go past 1.86, its like, it wont oc at all. my temps are high but thats just because my house is unbearably hot at the moment(48c load). so i dont think temps are the question. the thing with the metal shavings is a good point but the computer runs, it runs fine when not oc'd. when oc'd it crashes 1 second after bios image loads.
 
but nothing is wrong, thats the problem. im just installing a clean OS on it and hoping that works(it won't but i needed to anyway). i just dont know what setting i changed or something yeah know? its just weiiirrrdddd
 
Try clearing the cmos? My ds3 board won't boot at a lot of frequencies for some reason but certian ones like 400 fsb always work. Try a much higher number that you know you were getting before instead of just upping by one or two only.

Any reason you have not moved past the f3 bios?
 
I cleared the CMOS and nothing changed.
thanks for the diff. frequency suggestion, i'll try that next.
I'd move past f3 if i had a floppy drive lol. can i update from a jumpdrive?
 
can i update from a jumpdrive?
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If you mean a USB thumb drive, yes. (sorry I dont know all the new jargon people are using for the thingamajiggys :D )

every where I mention the floppy just substitue your usb drive.




Updating the BIOS

First we are going to update the bios to the latest version (skip if not needed).
This procedure uses the flash utility built into the BIOS and a floppy drive (you can use a usb drive or the HD see the manual - only FAT file systems are supported) . Other methods are available but NOT recommended. The internet and windows based utilities have killed many a board.
Prepare a floppy by doing a full format in the A: drive. If any bad sectors occur or any odd things happen, trash it and get another floppy disk. Use new ones if at all possible.
Go to your "Bios and Drivers" folder and find the bios file you want to use, it should be named something like " motherboard_bios_ga-965p-ds3_f10.exe". Notice the BIOS version is part of the file name.
Double click (or whatever) to run/execute the file.
A window should pop up with an "install to" data bar and a "browse" button. Use the "browse" button to indicate to the extraction program that the A:\ is the destination (or wherever). I will assume the A: drive, use what you use. Click the "install" button.
Open the A: drive in File Explorer and look at the file named like 965PDS3.F10, notice again the version is part of the file name, right click on it and look at the "Properties", It should be exactly 1MB (1,048,576 bytes) , If not ABORT, download again, and restart at the beginning of this section. do NOT proceed until this is resolved.
Save anything you were doing and shutdown the machine and restart
Start tapping the "Del" key like a crazed woodpecker and get into the BIOS main screen.
Open your manual <GASP!> find the appendix concerning Q-Flash and follow the directions carefully. This is easy, do not panic. Ok. When finished the machine should reboot.
Make like a woodpecker again, and when in the main BIOS screen select "Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults" and hit "Enter" when prompted. Select "Save and Exit" from the menu and respond "Y" and the machine will reboot.
Guess what Woody ? Peck away again at "Del" and get the main BIOS screen but now we will have some fun.


BTW, its a waste of time, its either metal shavings or you have jarred something loose but you dont seem inclined to listen. Take the computer apart, pull all the cards out first mother board out of the case, memory out, brush/blow it all off with compressed air (if you can) ,and a new soft bristle 1/2 inch wide paint brush but be easy with it, lots of little nibbleys that can get damaged. You have a tiny tiny piece of metal or metal dust in a card slot probally, until you do this you are just being silly, think about it, worked fine, carred out and worked on it, came back and its crap. What you cut a hole in the bios chip by mistake ? The only thing that makes any sensce at all is metal shavings or you jarred something loose.
whatever.
 
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