Having problems with Brisbane overclock

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ReptileMatt

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How are things?

I don't know how good some of you are with overclocking and stability but for some reason my PC is shutting off at random times. My temperatures seem extremely low so I'm not to sure what the problem may be. I'm thinking it could have been my overlock.

System Specs:
AMD x2 3600+ Brisbane
Abit KN9 Motherboard
Thermaltake TMG A1 HSF w/ Arctic Cooling
Corsair XMS PC6400 1GB DDR2 800
EVGA 7900GS KO (stock)
PSU: Thermaltake T2 470W 28Amps dual 12v.
About 5 case fans. Good cooling. Really good cooling.

2 IDE Hard Drives
2 ROM Drives

For some reason my PC has shutdown a few times in random applications. It shutdown once while I was playing a Day of Defeat:Source. It shut down a few times when I was opening up a few windows of CPU-Z and temperature program.

I have a screenshot for you all to look at: http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7720/brisbanehelpbr0.jpg

PWM temperature is about 47 C.

You can see my CPU OC and settings. I am a newbie to these new AM2 sockets.

My motherboard has a lot of other settings such as DDR2 REF voltage, CPU VDDA voltage, HT voltage etc which I kept default. I'm not sure if I should be touching those or not.

Right now I put the system back on stock settings to see if it causes the same problems. Hopefully not!


Also some wierd things I've noticed: I unplugged my floppy drive because the light would never turn off. The power is still plugged but the 40pin cable is disconnected so the light does not turn on. When putting my PSU 24pin cable in...the clip didn't click. So i pushed it down so it did. Not sure if I should unplug and replug it. Computer is turning on ETC though.

Also...video card temps on idle is around 43 C. In applications (DOD:S) it's a little more...like mid 50 C's it seems.

Any adivce would be much appreciated.

I ran Memtest 86+. It detected my memory speeds at DDR500 I think. Don't know why...but it passed. I used Orthos for a while. No errors but system crashed once or twice with a hard shutdown while running...but I also was doing other stuff as well.

Thank you thank you. I will be checking back here A LOT! Sorry for the length.
 
Ah, forget the OC. Right now system isn't running stable on stock CPU settings. Did another shutdown. Not sure what the problem is right now. Trying to eliminate my onboard audio. Disabled it and replaced with an audigy 2. Past 2 days the system was running good with no hard shutdowns so maybe since I installed sound today...things started messing up. Not sure though. I do know the sound quality sucked anyway onboard.
 
Have the RAM on Manual.

I am not good at RAM at all. All I know is I went from 5-5-5-18 to 5-5-5-12 with 1.9v

I just finished a good game of Day of Defeat Source for about an hour with no shutdown. I did however uninstall my integrated audio and replaced it with my older Audigy 2.

I took a look at my IRQ and there's 6 things that are paired up. Here's a screenshot:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9351/irqld0.jpg

Could that cause system to turn off randomly?

A lot of people talk about PSU issues...but I liked my Thermaltakes. Mine is only 470W but I would imagine that would be sufficient as long as it's working. TR2 470W is the model. I emailed EVGA and they said my older Butterfly 480w with 18A would have been fine for the EVGA 7900GS so I don't think it's a PSU issue. Maybe connectors...but it's brand spankin' new PSU.

You think maybe my memory causing shutdown problems? Considering that I get a shutdown on 200x9.5 for the CPU (stock settings) Brisbane 3600+ I guess it wasn't necessarily my OC causing the problem.

Now to trouble shoot :( Any ideas?
 
i still say its something with the ram. my dfi 3200 didn't work right even at stock till i played with the ram settings. my comp's been on for 9 days and 15 hours now :) thats with a 800mhz overclock ;)
 
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