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    BSOD could it be because of OC GPU?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tassadar898, Jun 18, 2010.

  1. tassadar898

    tassadar898 Notebook Evangelist

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    So I have my i5 OC to 166mhz FSB and I was trying to max out the GPU overclock. While idle it randomly BSOD is this because of the CPU OC or the GPU OC? Here is the error:

    BSOD BCCode: 3b
    BSOD BCP1: 00000000C0000005
    BSOD BCP2: FFFFF80002D4B105
    BSOD BCP3: FFFFF88006ACDC90

    I ran Furmark extreme burning which kept the CPU at 2.33ghz (maxes it out with turbo boost + 166mhz fsb) and maxed out the GPU which I decreased the OC for 8 hours and there were no errors or BSOD.
     
    tassadar898, Jun 18, 2010
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  2. erawneila

    erawneila Company Representative

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    Almost certainly. BSODs, random locks up, etc... Try knocking it back until it becomes stable. No guarantee that systems will run overclocked at all, much less at the max frequency.
     
    erawneila, Jun 18, 2010
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    Run Prime 95 with the GPU at stock and the CPU at 166FSB. Run the small FTT test. If you machine crashes, its the cpu that was causing it.
     
    vengance_01, Jun 18, 2010
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    thanks running prime 95 got a BSOD, but then i kicked GPU back to stock speeds and no BSOD.. weird... how long should i let it run?
     
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    oh also the CPU isnt locked at 2.33ghz when I run this test and the system is responsive, isnt it suppose to stress the CPU?
     
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    CPU OC could lead to BSOD & system lockup also.
     
    freeman, Jun 18, 2010
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    let it run overnight plugged in if you can

    atleast let it go for a couple of hours.
     
    tooji, Jun 18, 2010
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    You must be crazy to OverC your GPU.
    Seriously !
     
    Frenchris, Jun 19, 2010
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    set the FSB to 164 now no more BSD. ran prime95 for 10 hours no errors or BSOD. Still gto 7.9k 3dmark06 =).
     
    tassadar898, Jun 19, 2010
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    nice I knew it was not the GPU ;) Man the wait is killing me for my R2 I7
     
    vengance_01, Jun 21, 2010
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