Hello, A lot to read, sorry!
Not sure if I have an issue or not, but I have been overclocking my systems for a number of years now. Had good success with my old 775 system, running a e8400 and x3330 @ 4ghz and as much success with my current 1366 rig. In all those years I might have corrupted windows a couple of times due to overclocking failures.
The problem comes from my new "light" gaming rig, I have a Asrock P55de3 1156 socket with a i5-650, 2x2gb ddr3 1600, zalman performa cnps10x cooler, cx500m psu, all this running with vista 64bit. I have corrupted windows to the point of having to reinstall 3 times in just the few days I have had the system up and running. Two of these fails were very light overclock attempts. I am getting very gun shy to try any more overclocking, I am extremely tired of reinstalling and updating windows. I know that fails to overclock can happen, but it feels with this setup, it leads to windows corruption every time.
So, do I just have a system now that's not going to be forgiving to overclocking or is there something else I am doing wrong. I know I have been spoiled to the good motherboards I have used in my other systems, and this board is definitely more "bargin" than they were.
Not sure if I have an issue or not, but I have been overclocking my systems for a number of years now. Had good success with my old 775 system, running a e8400 and x3330 @ 4ghz and as much success with my current 1366 rig. In all those years I might have corrupted windows a couple of times due to overclocking failures.
The problem comes from my new "light" gaming rig, I have a Asrock P55de3 1156 socket with a i5-650, 2x2gb ddr3 1600, zalman performa cnps10x cooler, cx500m psu, all this running with vista 64bit. I have corrupted windows to the point of having to reinstall 3 times in just the few days I have had the system up and running. Two of these fails were very light overclock attempts. I am getting very gun shy to try any more overclocking, I am extremely tired of reinstalling and updating windows. I know that fails to overclock can happen, but it feels with this setup, it leads to windows corruption every time.
So, do I just have a system now that's not going to be forgiving to overclocking or is there something else I am doing wrong. I know I have been spoiled to the good motherboards I have used in my other systems, and this board is definitely more "bargin" than they were.