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Rabid Badger
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The other day I decided to see if I could go a little higher with my overclock since I had never really tried to push this chip pass the easy-as-pie stock voltage 2.7GHz I already had.
I upped set the FSB to 234 for a 2.8GHz clock and put the voltage to 1.45 and ran Orthos overnight and it passed perfectly. I restarted, opened up the bios and lowered the voltage to 1.425 and set Orthos to run while I was away at work and school.
I came back and found that it had passed without issues, but I noticed that there was a high-pitched noise coming from my machine. I had heard it earlier but dismissed it as coming from the TV, but it wasn't on at the moment. I popped open the case and discovered it was coming from my mofsets on my motherboard, and that it only occurred when I had Orthos running.
I dismissed it as a loose winding and rebooted the machine but I accidentally hit turn off instead of restart, so I waited for it to shut down and then hit the power button. My fans started, my drives spun up, but that was all, no post. I hit reset and the system booted right up. It does this on cold boot every time at 2.8GHz, but if I go back to my old 2.7 settings it doesn't have any problems.
I know this is often caused by a faulty PSU but all the rails test out fine with a multimeter and I don't see any bulging caps.
What are the odds my motherboard is causing this behavior? And if so, does anyone know of a way to correct it? This board has been finicky from the start and I'm about ready to kick it to the curb.
I upped set the FSB to 234 for a 2.8GHz clock and put the voltage to 1.45 and ran Orthos overnight and it passed perfectly. I restarted, opened up the bios and lowered the voltage to 1.425 and set Orthos to run while I was away at work and school.
I came back and found that it had passed without issues, but I noticed that there was a high-pitched noise coming from my machine. I had heard it earlier but dismissed it as coming from the TV, but it wasn't on at the moment. I popped open the case and discovered it was coming from my mofsets on my motherboard, and that it only occurred when I had Orthos running.
I dismissed it as a loose winding and rebooted the machine but I accidentally hit turn off instead of restart, so I waited for it to shut down and then hit the power button. My fans started, my drives spun up, but that was all, no post. I hit reset and the system booted right up. It does this on cold boot every time at 2.8GHz, but if I go back to my old 2.7 settings it doesn't have any problems.
I know this is often caused by a faulty PSU but all the rails test out fine with a multimeter and I don't see any bulging caps.
What are the odds my motherboard is causing this behavior? And if so, does anyone know of a way to correct it? This board has been finicky from the start and I'm about ready to kick it to the curb.