running e6600 at 3.4 atm (at work computer at the moment so dont have cpuz to hand) (using watercooling)
what i am finding is if i increase the settings any further the graphics fail, i get the good old 1 long beep then 3 short beeps. computer resets itself and i go back into bios. is this normally the limit or have i done something stupid?
oh and sometimes it appears to have failed but if i plug monitor into other gfx card it runs but shows hardware error for main gfx card.
E6600 core 2 duo
2 gig patriot ram
p5b premium (killed my p5b deluxe and did not want to have to redo the pipe work)
x1950 xtx xfire editon master (not running in xfire yet but that is another story)
x1900xtx
any tips would be very much appreciated as this is my first attempt at overclocking.
Are you sure its your graphics card? I had something similar but that was down to pushing my voltages too high. I would get the long beep and it reset my oc settings.
yeha i think so, the long beep then 3 short beeps seems to indicate gfx failure.
also there are lots of strange issues around that point that can sometimes come up like
- second gfx card working instead of main one (hardware shows unknown device instead of the card)
-windows xp shows half classic style and half xp style until choice is re selected
-direct x 9 divers fail to load properly
Hi Araan just something to concider..in most cases, the problem is caused by a component such as a memory module, or graphics card, that has moved so very slightly from its connectors, that it isn't’t registering correctly.
The BIOS is unable to access the video system in order to write any error messages to the screen.
Diagnosis: This is usually caused by a problem with the video card, or the memory on the video card. It can also be a motherboard issue. So you take your pick and takes yer chance.
You can always take it to PC World and get it checked out, after a month or two take your pay check to pay for them moving your card a bit
i had a similar problem with a 680i motherboard. for some reason when i was overclocking the system beyond a certain level the graphics card didnt want to overclock that well. try to downclock your VGA see if that helps. use nvflash to flash it if its overclocked in bios.
