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    Overclocking damage and CPU/GPU noise

    Discussion in 'HP' started by tomass389, Oct 6, 2010.

  1. tomass389

    tomass389 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I need someone to calm my nerves about overclocking. I started with the 5650 and got it clocked up fairly stable, then moved on to the 450m and also got it OC'd nicely. The issue is, during the process as well as after clocking back to normal I've had some strange noise coming from my notebook. I never had any before but I started to get a slight gurgling sound from the CPU, usually around start up or during gaming. I also noticed what I think is a very slight whine but its barely audible unless you lean in towards the keyboard.

    I didn't do anything crazy and used the proper procedure for everything, but now I'm paranoid I messed something up. I'm pretty sure everything should be fine because I obviously didn't change the voltage on anything and didn't overheat either unit at all. After a couple reboot's at stock speeds I think the noises have diminished.

    Do I just need to chill the heck out knowing that the chances are very slim that something happened?

    ...I think I need to build my first desktop to feed my new overclocking/benchmarking addiction and not use the one notebook I have for school right now
     
    tomass389, Oct 6, 2010
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    asdad123 Notebook Evangelist

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    Whenever you OC, you take the risk of screwing something up.

    Whenever I oced my CPU/GPU, I never heard any weird noises. The whine you hear is on most of the Envy 14s, just that some have it louder while others are barely noticeable. You probably just noticed it now since you didnt pay attention to it before.

    If something really does happen, you could always just uninstall the OC software and call HP. They cant tell that you OCed either the CPU or GPU as far as I know.
     
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    tomass389 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea... I'm pretty sure its fine. As far as I can tell they went away. CPU might of just been a little confused for a couple boots. I ended up getting the OC to work by following your method except my magic mark was 141 Mhz fsb.

    As long as there's no obvious sounds, performances, or software readings I'd assume the CPU should be fine? It's pretty much either gonna work or not work right?
     
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    asdad123 Notebook Evangelist

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    Run some CPU stress tests to see if it could sustain it like Wprime or Intel Burn test. If it works fine on those 2, you should be fine.
     
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    tomass389 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea I already ran the prime burn test on it for 10 hours at 3.05 Ghz as well as stock speed after
     
    tomass389, Oct 6, 2010
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