LinX / Win 7 SP1 / Crazy temps??

[Anfallgel]

Hey All,

I just came across something weird. I've updated my rig with an i5-3570k / Biostar TZ77XE4 and have been playing around with OC's the last few days.

I had run LinX yesterday 20cycle / max memory with temps hovering around 78c for a 4.5ghz w/1.3v.

Then last night windows prompts me to update to SP1, okay great I go ahead and do that. Afterwards I was going to bump down my voltage some, I just went 1 tick to 1.29v. Load up LinX again and 25-30sec in temps skyrocket and the system autoshutdown (I have a the mobo saftey shutdown set at 90C). I bump back up to 1.3v ... same thing in LinX.

For giggles, I roll back the SP1 update in windows and try LinX again. Everything is back to being hunky dory.

What gives??

 

[EarthDog]

Thats a new one... Not sure.

Does IBT or P95 exhibit the same behavior?

 

[Anfallgel]

Haven't used IBT, but P95 looks normal. Do you think I can assume that this is some sort of incompatibility issue with LinX itself, and not system instability?

 

[EarthDog]

I dont run Linx (Linx and IBT are overkill to me... I only use it for quick and dirty stability testing. Why run your car OVER redline when you wont even get there is my thinking) so not sure there.

 

[Anfallgel]

Well seeing as its now bombing my system I think I would tend to agree with you lol!

I was really hoping someone would say "Oh yeah, common issue with LinX". Bothers me if its a rare thing ...

 

[Anfallgel]

I think this might be related to something going wrong with the SP1 update. I attempted to update to SP1 again and this time many of my executables would fail and P95 and Memtest were causing BSOD's at settings that I had run for 12hrs without issue prior to SP1. I rolled back AGAIN and everything is just fine ... so weird.

Now to troubleshoot THAT problem ...