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Problem with overclock, Help please

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Decay

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Hey everyone, first off Im not sure that this is an overclock problem or a hard drive problem, Im putting it in this forum since it was the very last this I was doing prior to the incedent... So yesterday I was overclocking my system using clockgen application http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php

I was testing how high I can go with it still being stable, and I got my cpu clocked to around 2.1 Ghz with freeze ups or crashes. (This is with my Athalon XP 2500+, my Corsair 512 MB 3200C2PT Ram, and my Mobo is a Abit NF7-S Ver 2.0)

I started to get the clock around 2.13-2.14 not sure where exactly and my system froze up. So I restarted my comp and I was gonna set my somewhere between 2.05-2.1 But when I got to my screen prior to the windows login page my comp restarted it self. And the advanced starup screen appeared this time. So I went to the most recent settings that worked, and again my comp restarted it self. This time I tried to start up in safe mode, and again it restarted prior to the login screen. Now I started to get a little worried. I went into my bios and loaded the fail-safe settings, and tried to start that way, and again same problem of restarting prior to windows login screen.

So what Im wondering is this a problem that resulted in my overclocking, or is there something wrong with my HD where it wont boot up properly?

Should I clear my CMOS and try again? thats all I can think of at the moment that I havent tried yet.

Any help is Greatly appreciated.
 
I have cleared my CMOS and Im still having the same problems. So now Im gonna switch my processor with an older athalon that I have, ans see if there is a change.
 
I tired a different processor and Ram. So does this mean that it is my HD???
 
what settings are you trying to run for ram?
Unless you have hardcore overclocking ram you're likely not going to see much past rated.
 
in my BIOS my ram settings are the load-safe settings. So it isnt overclocked at all by my understanding.
 
Decay said:
in my BIOS my ram settings are the load-safe settings. So it isnt overclocked at all by my understanding.
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not always the best choice, try setting them manually, also have you tried upping the voltage one or two steps from stock for CPU and try running 2.65V on ram?
 
I had all the same settings on BIOS that I had before the problem happened. And they have been working for 2 years without any problems. I increased the voltages on my ram and my cpu. I got my cpu to 1.8V and the most for my RAM to 2.7V all with the same results as my original problem.
 
I managed to run data life guard diagnostic on my hard drive. I did the extended scan, and it showed up with no errors. So this means that there isnt a problem with my HD correct? I cant figure out what the problem is. Ive tried a different CPU, and RAM, and both rendered the same result. I have tried clearing my CMOS and that didnt make a difference. I am really at a dead end with ideas here. Please help.
 
Ok, I went into my advanced options again and this time I disabled my "disable automatic restart on system failure" and I restarted. Now it doesnt restart anymore, thankfully. And this helped me reveal my error. I got a stop error message it reads as follows:

a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

if this is the firt time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Disable or unistall any anti-virus, disk defragmentation
or back up utilities. Check your hard drive configuration,
and check for any updated drivers. Run CHKDSK /F to check
for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF88F16d4, 0xF88F13DQ, 0xF830DF81)


*** Ntfs.sys - Address F83oDF81 base at F82BE000, Datestamp 41107eea

I checked on stop error messages, and I found this in part:


Stop message 0x00000024 is:
"A problem occurred within NTFS.SYS, the driver file that allows the system to read and write to NTFS file system drives. There may be a physical problem with the disk, or an Interrupt Request Packet (IRP) may be corrupted."

So this means there has to be something wrong with my HD since theres a problem with the NTFS.SYS which my HD is formated in.




So heres my question. Would reinstalling windows fix my problem?


I guess this topic should be moved to the Disk storage systems forum.
 
Not sure if this is going to help or not because I don't remember exactly what was going on in a thread with the similar problem to you.

I have heard in some instances during overclocking that files on the hdd can become corrupted for one reason or another. This other thread the person had installed windows clean, rebooted, overclocked, rebooted and got a similar situation to yours...couldn't get into windows. He then proceded to drop his overclock slightly and reinstall windows. He could then get into windows after format and install. Unfortunately for him he had to do this several times(formatting) in order to find his max overclock.

If that happens to you I would suggest using ghost or something similar in order to just image the drive after you install everything so you don't have to keep reinstalling.

Good luck.
 
well I reinstalled window, and everything is working fine now. I dont think Im gonna try to overclock again untill I get a new HD. Since it would be a major pain in the ass to keep reinstalling windows.
 
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