mattydies
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SCENARIO
OK.... So I was overclocking my 'new' system. CPU temp was high but not 'too high'. Memory was running cool, the VRM cooler seemed decent. I forget if I hit 4.5GHz or 4.8GHz. If I tried for higher board would revert to a lower setting no matter what I did (upon saving and exiting BIOS). I did some reading and it seems that is where the board would basically top out. MY HARDWARE IS LISTED IN SYSTEM SPECS.
I broke it about a month ago, but I have been busy with other things at work getting ready for the tourist season @ work, being depressed/withdrawn from life a bit, and too broke to pay for shipping for a repair (as I have a couple non-computer projects on the go). It's foolish that I did not ask this sooner, but live and learn.
I was basically running the limits for most of the voltage levels (even some which likely could have been left on auto). My thought was to give it all the juice I can, achieve max OC and then detune the voltage as much as stability will allow. ALSO because I have warranty coverage I was playing a bit fast and loose (compared to what I would have done otherwise). Well now when I try to boot up the fans power on for about a half a second and the MOBO shuts down.
I was also trying to get my Mushkin Redline 2400Mhz ram to OC - which may have been silly and a pointless endeavor. I THINK the only voltage setting I had raised above the max safe level was the Ram voltage @ 1.7 Volts. I have read about the IMC being within the CPU and how this was a bad idea. But I wanted to see what my ram could do, and I read this and that about how X79 overclocks cheap ram like it is good ram! Which likely will not apply to ram that is already running so fast, but I wanted to try.
QUESTIONS
How can I test to see if I fried my Mobo CPU? I do not have any spare X79 (or DDR3) parts.
I read about my board, it can support a single stick of ram. I tried various sticks in various slots so I figure the ram is likely not the problem.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated. Thanks guys. You guys are great. Without this site I am not sure I would have ever got into overclocking with my P4, or my Pentium D, or my E8400 or this 3820 :funky:
OK.... So I was overclocking my 'new' system. CPU temp was high but not 'too high'. Memory was running cool, the VRM cooler seemed decent. I forget if I hit 4.5GHz or 4.8GHz. If I tried for higher board would revert to a lower setting no matter what I did (upon saving and exiting BIOS). I did some reading and it seems that is where the board would basically top out. MY HARDWARE IS LISTED IN SYSTEM SPECS.
I broke it about a month ago, but I have been busy with other things at work getting ready for the tourist season @ work, being depressed/withdrawn from life a bit, and too broke to pay for shipping for a repair (as I have a couple non-computer projects on the go). It's foolish that I did not ask this sooner, but live and learn.
I was basically running the limits for most of the voltage levels (even some which likely could have been left on auto). My thought was to give it all the juice I can, achieve max OC and then detune the voltage as much as stability will allow. ALSO because I have warranty coverage I was playing a bit fast and loose (compared to what I would have done otherwise). Well now when I try to boot up the fans power on for about a half a second and the MOBO shuts down.
I was also trying to get my Mushkin Redline 2400Mhz ram to OC - which may have been silly and a pointless endeavor. I THINK the only voltage setting I had raised above the max safe level was the Ram voltage @ 1.7 Volts. I have read about the IMC being within the CPU and how this was a bad idea. But I wanted to see what my ram could do, and I read this and that about how X79 overclocks cheap ram like it is good ram! Which likely will not apply to ram that is already running so fast, but I wanted to try.
QUESTIONS
How can I test to see if I fried my Mobo CPU? I do not have any spare X79 (or DDR3) parts.
I read about my board, it can support a single stick of ram. I tried various sticks in various slots so I figure the ram is likely not the problem.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated. Thanks guys. You guys are great. Without this site I am not sure I would have ever got into overclocking with my P4, or my Pentium D, or my E8400 or this 3820 :funky: