Overclocked my Vostro 1700

I pushed the locks of the GPU too hard while playing the Crysis Demo for about 5.5 hours straight. The screen went blank. I openned up the notebook and the motherboard is fried. Whoa is me.. *sigh*

 

Could it be the defective motherboard in first place? BTW what was the core speed and mem speed before screen went blank?

 

hopefully its still under warrent! i would return it and tell dell to replace it for faulty Motherboard or something!

 

This is why you should test things carefully, ensure proper cooling and make sure the voltage is alright before running OCd for 5+ hours. I don't want to say you had it coming, but you should be more careful. Getting a few better FPS is not worth a notebook. Often, a conservative overclock is a smart overclock.

 

hey Oro, how come in this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=167933

You said:

Where did the 1700 come from?

 

uh oh... i think oro's been scared oof

 

he probably just made a mistake in typing the thread title ehhh?

 

Nope..both posts were within 10-20 minutes of each other...and he said he was running the 1700 overclocked for 5.5 hours...

 

i don't see the point of this thread, other than DO NOT overclock if u wish ur laptop to stay with u for a little longer...

 

Are you saying that a conservative OC will shorten my Vostro's life. Can you quantify it with any real data? Like, you OCd and a someone else didn't and you got significantly different lifespan. I expect to get mine in next week and don't want to f it up...anyone else feel free to jump in (wait a minute, that's what forums are about).

signed,
The guy who has always been a desktop fan, but dove in head first with a killer Vostro last week

 

The vostros I have seen have been reasonably tolerant of overclocking.

Just don't be a complete idiot and test it... keep the heat down and keep your expectations within reason.

 

Kern...

ok man, I won't test it and be an idiot, I promise

 

What's a safe "top temp" that mobile GPU's shouldn't cross? I read somewhere that GPU's shouldn't exceed 60C, but I can't seem to back that up with any other sources.

 

Pff, many GPU's idle at 60c. From what I've seen, most GPU's will auto-throttle back or issue a warning at or about 100c..but 80-85c is a normal operating temp for most modern GPU's under heavy load.

 

The GPU temp is dependant upon many factors...

The case and the cooling inside
The GPU itself.

My 8700 runs at 70C MAX the the overclocked speed in my sig after multiple hours of benchmarking.

15" laptops often reach into the 90-100C range with OC'd 8600s...



unruly... idiots are the ones who just set their OC to whatever they saw someone else get. Not all chips are the same quality, not even within the same run.

Keep the 8600s below 100C or so... preferably in the 60-70 range...
Should be possible with a 17" laptop's cooling...

As I remember, we had a reasonable 1700 OC (8600) at max 76C for a period of 30 minutes and some pretty intense benchmarks...

Reminder, that even if it doesn't overheat, it might not reach the OC other people get stable.
OCs should be rock stable... even a crash sometimes or a artifcat here or there shoudl not be acceptable.

 

thanks for the suggestions...great forum...will most likely be back soo, once my machine comes in, projected ship date 12/11.

 

Conservative OC won't bother anything if you are careful. My temps are well below stock clocked Vostro's right now because I undervolted the CPU which dropped the temps 10C. Haven't seen it run above 65C yet, when many stock clocked ones have been running at 75-85C.

 

funny how this thread started with that guy oro BS'ing about frying a machine i dont think he even had..i called him on it, and now we are just discussing overclocking in general, hehehe