Plzz help

[Pe-Killer]

OK here is the story..........
I switch my pc on sunddely i hear this sound, it sound like something collapsed.So the 1st thing i do is pull out the power and open the case.Then I put the power back in and boot the pc again,again that sound i figured out it came from my hdd. so I replaced the hdd No problems pc is back on and running.

ok after installing everything back on, with the help of friend I found out that he overclocked his pc by almost 600mhz no prob.So i decided that it would be nice to see what i can overclock my pc 2.So I overclocked my pc by 100mhz then run stability testing everything seemed stable.Then pushed it 200mhz everything still seemed stable after that i pushed my pc 2 300mhz then in the stability testing the pc restarts it self and we like ok... don't go to 300mhz so we go into the bios reset everything back to default settings.boot the pc up again after the windows xp wellcome screen, my screen just scrambles with a random background color with stripes and pc hangs.

So we restart the pc in safe mode delete the gfx drivers.(Note i downloaded the lastest gfx drivers before i overclocked).Then booted the pc up again normaly.The pc boots I reinstall the gfx drivers(again the latest once) no prob.I played the new ut3 for prob like an hour stil no prob.So I go to bed.

this morning i boot my pc up again and after the windows Xp wellcome screen and music screen scrambles again.So i go into safe mode again delete the lastest gfx drivers boot the pc up again. No prob.Now i installed my old drivers in the hope i will not see that prob again.

Any1 got any idea what could cause this problem?Do u think I damaged something in the overclocking of my cpu?(note i did not overclock anything else but my cpu.)Or do u think it's the driver maybe??? or something else?

 

[The_Techie]

You wouldn't have damaged your CPU with a 300MHz overclock. It certainly sounds like a graphics driver issue, if you get the same problem with your CPU at stock speed then it's almost definitely the graphics drivers.

 

[Pe-Killer]

forgot 2 put my pc specs in
My pc specs is....
Amd X2 5600 running on 2,8 overclocked to 3,1 when the probs started.
Gigabyte m57sli motherboard
3 gig DDR2 ram
2 * 7600GS in sli.
2*hdd
one opticle drive.Dvd writer

 

[Glordit]

You wouldn't have damaged your CPU with a 300MHz overclock. It certainly sounds like a graphics driver issue, if you get the same problem with your CPU at stock speed then it's almost definitely the graphics drivers.

98% sure it's not the CPU if it was blown it would not post & boot.

mmm IMO those AMD X2's are not the best at overclocking, try to boot up with one display cards instead of a SLI setup

 

[Pe-Killer]

98% sure it's not the CPU if it was blown it would not post & boot.

mmm IMO those AMD X2's are not the best at overclocking, try to boot up with one display cards instead of a SLI setup

Thx i will try that If i get that the prob again with my old drivers on.

 

[MeNeZ]

Also, one thing with overclocking is that you must also put in extra cooling...over heating causes all sorts of crap. I've heard of cases where components melt a bit and get stuck together.
It also drops your pc life span big time

 

[HavocXphere]

I don't know much about O/Cing, but were the other frequencies, specifically the PCI freq delinked?

But seeing as you can fix the problem with software reinstall...WKJ is probably right in that its not hardware damage.

 

[Pe-Killer]

Also, one thing with overclocking is that you must also put in extra cooling...over heating causes all sorts of crap. I've heard of cases where components melt a bit and get stuck together.
It also drops your pc life span big time

When we overclocked and did the stability testing we did look at the components temps all the time. my cpu's temp did not once go over 55C.

 

[kronoSX]

reinstall directx again,also boot machine with the on board grafix.

 

[SYNERGY]

HavocXphere: Don't think the Gigabyte AMD boards can be delinked.
SOundfs like he pushed too much voltage to the pci-e slot. Try the other graphic slot?
And try older drivers

 

[Pe-Killer]

The board doesn't have on board graphics.I never touched the voltage of the pci-E slot.

The weird thing about this is my screen will scramble when xp boots.Then i'll reset my pc in safe mode uninstall the gfx driver.Restart my pc again then my pc will boot normally reinstall the driver enable sli mode restart.My pc will boot up normaly then i will play a game like ut3 for 30mins-hour long then when i restart my pc again then the prob will appear.Screen scrambles doesn't matter what driver i install new or old.

The pc will boot fine the windows xp welcome screen comes on i can see my desktop and the icon trays loading i can see my G15 lcd screen loading up then suddenly the screen scrambles and pc hangs.And my G15 will also hang. Then the process start over again.

I don't think it is a hardware prob cos my pc doesn't restart it self or anything.Do u guys think ntune can have anything to do with this???

 

[HavocXphere]

The board doesn't have on board graphics.I never touched the voltage of the pci-E slot.

Thats probable why you've got a problem now. If you boost the FSB then other things increase along with it. i.e. Unless you delinked it from the FSB, then you O/C'd all the components in the system not just the CPU...assuming your moving the FSB and not the multiplier.

I think you might have cooked your Graphics card just a little bit.

This is why I don't do O/C. It too easy to screw something up.

 

[Eyenstyn]

Maybe its gotta do with ur bios settings. if u set it to default, there maybe settings that need to be changed for ur cards.

 

[Pe-Killer]

Thats probable why you've got a problem now. If you boost the FSB then other things increase along with it. i.e. Unless you delinked it from the FSB, then you O/C'd all the components in the system not just the CPU...assuming your moving the FSB and not the multiplier.

I think you might have cooked your Graphics card just a little bit.

This is why I don't do O/C. It too easy to screw something up.

but if it is a graphics card that cooked y can i play games like ut3 that is heavy gfx intense with no problems ????y doesn't it give problems in that game?Surely if it was a graphics card that cooked the pc would give probs in a game like ut3??
only when i restart my pc i get that prob,it doesn't make sense?

 

[HavocXphere]

but if it is a graphics card that cooked y can i play games like ut3 that is heavy gfx intense with no problems ????y doesn't it give problems in that game?Surely if it was a graphics card that cooked the pc would give probs in a game like ut3??
only when i restart my pc i get that prob,it doesn't make sense?

Could also be the slot like someone said above. I dunno.

UT is not a conclusive method of figuring out whether something is broken. Windows might be initializing the GFX in a different way.

Could also be related to cold-starts.

If you think its software, then format and load the drivers that came with the GFX (As suggested above).

The point is, there no way of figuring out what the problem is unless you trial and error by switching out software, drivers and hardware.

 

[Tun@]

Try this...
when the screen boots up and its all scrambled...shut the system back down.
remove the GFX card and then put it back in again & reboot.
See if that does anything.

Had your same symptoms on a boat where the GFX card even when it was screwed to the tower properly would work itself into a position to do what your getting.
SO as your PC ain't getting the beating that a boats PC takes is the GFX card inserted properly & screwed to the tower.....look to see both ends of the card are sitting in there correct as you screw its mounting plate on.

Maybe it got bumped when you were initially working in there on the HDD

 

[Pe-Killer]

I got the prob fixed w000t it was ntune after i deleted it, i didn't have that prob again. Now i can go back to oC lol na joking

Thx for all the advice and help guys.