Cooling and BSOD?

Hi there,
I hope i ask this in the right forum =)
But anyways, I thiught are there any connection between heat and BSOD ?
I have o/c my CPU last night and when running Prime95 it BSOD on me. I forgot to chech my temps afterwords, but I know I have checked my RAM with memtest @ same FSB and it run for quite some time without a hitch.
It was very late and went to bed but I'm thinking about it here at work so any info would help

I have stock cooler on my P4 2.6c
Abit IC7 ( stock cooling there too )
case is open.

I run it @ 262 FSB and 5:4 mem divider
RAM is PC 3200 CL2.5 TwinMos ( can't get my hands on better )

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

yeah - if your cpu overheats, this can be the cause of random freezes and bsod's. I would upgrade that stock cooling, and that should solve your problem.

at least it isnt an amd stock cooler. those are fanncy paper weights with a nice 70mm thingy that spins on top.

It may be your power supply as well.

What PSU do you have on there now? It could be either temps or PSU, as anvil said.