damage due to overclocking?

[NiTCOM]

Howdy!
I'm probably not the first one to ask this question, but here
it is again

How certain is it to damage components or the motherboard or other due to overclocking the CPU? I read about it I don't understand how the CPU could damage others than itself.

My internal network adapter went (apparantly) out, and I accidently had my CPU overclocked so I blame it now for that.
Though, still want to overclock the prozessor if it would be save
(just ordered TT Spark 7 for direct cooling).

Thanks guys!

--NiTCOM

 

[skab]

I don't think that changing the multiplier on the cpu would actualy damage any other components unless the cpu actually shorted out and sent current down a line normaly used for a digital signal. That said the most common OC is to change the front side bus and effectively OC the whole system which is known to cause problems with varios different components, ussualy hard drives from what I've seen. That's why so many OC'rs spend the bucks to get mobo's that will "lock" the pci and agp bus at a freq below 40 mhz to keep them from being damaged.

 

[pip]

changing voltages can also damage capacitor and resistors and such

 

[Ben721]

Well if you have an older motherboard and if you can't lock the pci controller then crap starts to happen, like bad hdd, and all stuff like nics and stuff like them.

 

[NiTCOM]

Well if you have an older motherboard and if you can't lock the pci controller then crap starts to happen, like bad hdd, and all stuff like nics and stuff like them.

So how can I tell if a MB is able to lock the PCI's?

--NiTCOM

 

[Ben721]

Well I think you can only do that in NF2 chipsets but I am not sure.

Please state what motherboard you have.

 

[katka]

I'm sure there are mobo with locks that are not NF2. Oh well I'm probly wrong.

Any way if you want to know just go to your mobo makers website and look up the specs on your mobo.

 

[Daemonfly]

Most of the newer Intel chipsets offer locking.

 

[NiTCOM]

Well I think you can only do that in NF2 chipsets but I am not sure.

Please state what motherboard you have.

Asus P4s533

..specs of the mobo... what do I look for? "pci locking" ?


Is it possible to damage a component and under windows it states "working properly" ?

 

[iD10t]

P4S533 doesn't have a pci lock... basically the number after your fsb value is your pci bus frequency. Pretty much anything at or beyond 38 will be risky and/or unstable. Try a lower pci frequency to see if your adapter re-appears once it is back in an accaeptable frequency.

 

[NiTCOM]

P4S533 doesn't have a pci lock... basically the number after your fsb value is your pci bus frequency. Pretty much anything at or beyond 38 will be risky and/or unstable. Try a lower pci frequency to see if your adapter re-appears once it is back in an accaeptable frequency.

So the pci frequency should be OVER 38 oder under 38???!

 

[iD10t]

No... it should be less than 38

 

[Supertrucker]

33 is unoverclocked 37-38 is the limit for picky pci parts like raid controllers and nic cards