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xirokx

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Hi,

My overclock as stated in my sig has know recently become unstable...

Do you think its my PSU

I have a Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU

Just happened randomly, no warning....its tries to restart but then blue screens giving me an "IRQ LESS OR EQUAL TO" error

All ideas and suggestions would be appreciated...

If you think it is my PSU please suggest a bang for buck replacement,

Thanks in advance

Cheers!
 
xirokx said:
Hi,

My overclock as stated in my sig has know recently become unstable...

Do you think its my PSU

I have a Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU

Just happened randomly, no warning....its tries to restart but then blue screens giving me an "IRQ LESS OR EQUAL TO" error

All ideas and suggestions would be appreciated...

If you think it is my PSU please suggest a bang for buck replacement,

Thanks in advance

Cheers!
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I think you mean "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" (0x0000000A)
This, most common of errors, typically indicates a drier problem. Have you recently installed any new drivers?
 
No new drivers recently....

My temps and volt readings from Speedfan

vcore1 = 1.3v
vcore2 = 1.17v
+3.3v: 3.18v
+5v: 4.78v
+12v = 11.65v

-12v = -9.4v
-5v = -0.6v
+5v = 4.78v
Vbat = 3.06v

thats at stock

Nothing overclocked

Does this mean Im bordering max rails already? does it therefore confirm when overclocked my psu cannot handle it?

funniest thing being my system was stable for over 4 weeks...

please advise

thanks in advance
 
some of those rails look to be a little low...i think the acceptable tolarance is like 5% or so...but they must be stable...

do they fluctuate a little bit? and also...whats the deal with the 2nd vcore being so low?

bang for the buck? cruise the FS/FT forum - i picked up a neopower 480 modular for under 50 shipped. best purchase i ever made for my rig...

also, what are your temps like when stock/overclocked. how much were you juicing the chip (what vcore)? there's plenty of unknowns here...

the fact it's saying something about IRQ's would make you think it's somehow resource related. does it also do this at stock? if all else fails, i'd start from a fresh slate and blow out XP and start again with a fresh OS, fresh updated drivers on a stock config, and monitor the issue....
 
If the PSU is unable to deliver enough power to a certain perhip. on your board (NIC's and Wlan cards are notorious) then your components might be hard-locking, causing the error.


Most likely a driver problem. I'd re-install windows.
 
Arcygenical said:
If the PSU is unable to deliver enough power to a certain perhip. on your board (NIC's and Wlan cards are notorious) then your components might be hard-locking, causing the error.


Most likely a driver problem. I'd re-install windows.
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Exactly and if that doesn't work, as the previous poster stated FS/FT Forum
 
11.65v is very low for the 12v rail. Even if the PSU isn't the problem, I reccomend getting a replacement anyways.
 
Zero82z said:
11.65v is very low for the 12v rail. Even if the PSU isn't the problem, I reccomend getting a replacement anyways.
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That will drop even lower when playing a video-game.

I have PSU that stays 12.110 idle, 12.04V under CPU load (at 3.2 Ghz), and when my x1900xt fires up it drops as low as 11.72V. I've even seen it hit 11.66V after a long period of time, which got me a little worried, but as long it stays above 11.6V I think I'm alright (must heat or something and lose efficiency and drop even lower)
 
do they fluctuate a little bit?
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Not sure, have not tested it, how would I test this?

whats the deal with the 2nd vcore being so low?
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again not to sure tbh, what does it mean if its so low?

also, what are your temps like when stock/overclocked
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stock temps: CPU = 38C Mobo = 44C Northbridge = 52C

Load temps: CPU = 50C Mobo = 50C Northbridge = 67C


the fact it's saying something about IRQ's would make you think it's somehow resource related. does it also do this at stock?
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At stock , I dont recieve any errors whatsoever, never had done, as soon as I run overclock bios then its unstable WHEN previously for weeks it was stable...

My PSU is around 4 - 5 months old, does anyone know if I would be eligible for a replacement, on the grounds that it is faulty?

Thanks for all help so far....

Would appreciate more advice on resolving this

Thanks most appreciated...
 
according to spec, the power tolerance needs to stay within 3%, which means your 12v rail can as low as 11.64 under load or idle. yours is close to that at idle and much lower at load.

what I did was getting into a intense game session and use a multimeter voltage reader to get how the voltage fluctuate. mine got as low as 11.76 at load. my ps is an antec 350w. I was thinking about replacing it since I bought radeon x850xtpe but my 12v reading is within spec. I don't need to replace. but yours is very low
 
will run oblivion then get back to you re: rails at load...

I will keep speedfan open then note down the rails and report back...do you think that test is reasonable and fair?
 
I think Ive found the prob:

Basically I was running the RAM @ 1:1 which means my RAM was running at 530mhz which was causing the BSOD on overclocked settings...

However I just lowered the RAM divider to 2/3 = 176mhz per stick x 2 = 352mhz in total and it ran perfectly well

However thats really short of what the RAM can run at...

Which means either:

a) lower the cpu overclock so memory can run at 1:1
b) run everything at stock

Hmmmmm

Kinda confused at this stage

Ive just been playing oblivion for 30mins+ on overclock settings with RAM at 2/3 divider....no crashes or blue screens....

What am I doing wrong?
In order for my overclock to run at 270fsb (cpu) it means I cannot have my RAM running at 1:1 right?

So what do I do next?

Please advise..

Thanks

P.S. If I can run my memory close to 500mhz that with this overclock (270fsb cpu) Id be happy...

Appreciate all help and advise guys

Thank you
 
Hmm. You're only out 50mhz on the RAM. Really, RAM speed has pretty little effect on your overall performance. Either kick the FSB up until the RAM speed gets closer to 400mhz,

tighten the timings to something insane (like 2-2-2-4) because the ram is *super* under-stressed (this will make up for most of your speed differences).

Or live with it.

For an AMD64 it's the clockspeed that matters.
 
50mhz wont break my bank....

im happy with it tbh.....

as you say its all about the fsb and thats increased by 700mhz so im a happy bunny esp now its stable

just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all your help and advice..its most appreciated..

cheers!!!
 
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