- Joined
- Aug 12, 2003
- Location
- Denver, CO
OK, here's the deal, I just got some brand new mem last week (Kingston HX3500), and I couldn't get it to run past 380fsb. So.. thanks to some helpful suggestions on this form, I ran memtest, and came up with lots of errors. So... Kingston graciously, and promptly replaced my mem. OK, so I get home last night, install the new (new) mem, along with my brand new TT Silent Boost heatsink. All is well...?
Hmmm, well, I started out with low fsb, and relaxed timings, ran memtest... all is good. OK, now on to the OC action. I start cranking up the fsb, I get to 330.. run memtest.., bam, machine beeps, then shuts down! I thought, WTF? could I have another bad set of mem? OK, so i found an updated bios for my mb. Run memtest, bam, system beeps and shuts down!
OK, so now I'm all in an uproar, "how could this be?"... So... I notice my temps are 65C and climbing!
hehehe, lol, well, duhu..,, I didn't put the heatsink on correctly, the entire problem was my system was shutting down because the chip was getting too hot!!!
Nice huh?, well, I properly seated the heatsink, now my system is running like a champ!! Yaaaaaaaa!
Hmmm, well, I started out with low fsb, and relaxed timings, ran memtest... all is good. OK, now on to the OC action. I start cranking up the fsb, I get to 330.. run memtest.., bam, machine beeps, then shuts down! I thought, WTF? could I have another bad set of mem? OK, so i found an updated bios for my mb. Run memtest, bam, system beeps and shuts down!
OK, so now I'm all in an uproar, "how could this be?"... So... I notice my temps are 65C and climbing!
hehehe, lol, well, duhu..,, I didn't put the heatsink on correctly, the entire problem was my system was shutting down because the chip was getting too hot!!!
Nice huh?, well, I properly seated the heatsink, now my system is running like a champ!! Yaaaaaaaa!