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MASI Mobo and "Easy" OC Switch: BSOD?
The Crowing One
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I have an issue with my setup where I can't seem to get the "easy OC" function on my mobo to work properly. For a bit of background I have an older MSI mobo (still has DDR2 RAM, eek) with a nice "easy OC" switch. My CPU is an Athlon Phenom II (non-BE) clocked at 3.3 out of the box. I've had this setup for about two years, and for the first year and a half was running my CPU with the easy OC at a nice 10%. The OC switch is pretty nice, and it allows simple OCing in graduated degrees: 10%, 15% and 20%.
The easy OC has been off since February when I moved and didn't want a jostling of the case to potentially cause any sort of issue. I never turned it back on, but last night I was missing my extra GHz and decided to switch the OC back on. It didn't work, exactly.
I cleared the CMOS and it got the 10% back running, but I still get BSODed on 15-20%. I'm fine with this, I think.
At 10% Windows 7 (Ultimate 64bit) booted up and is now working fine. Temps look good, etc.
At 15% or 20% I would get the Windows splash screen and then BSOD of various sorts: a "Recent hardware or software error" brick wall.
I'm a bit confused, as it was working fine before now. I had it running at 10% for the vast majority of the last two years without any issue, and even boosting it up to 20% found me stable and without issue. What happened? Am I missing something? Nothing has changed with the PC's guts.
I'm actually heading to Microcenter to pick up a few things on the tax-free weekend for MA today, and I have the easy option of grabbing a new mobo. There's an "updated" version of the mobo I'm running now with DDR3, nice bus speeds and the easy OC switch. It's well within my price range and I have 4gb of DDR3 awaiting a home in the closet.
Thanks!
The easy OC has been off since February when I moved and didn't want a jostling of the case to potentially cause any sort of issue. I never turned it back on, but last night I was missing my extra GHz and decided to switch the OC back on. It didn't work, exactly.
I cleared the CMOS and it got the 10% back running, but I still get BSODed on 15-20%. I'm fine with this, I think.
At 10% Windows 7 (Ultimate 64bit) booted up and is now working fine. Temps look good, etc.
At 15% or 20% I would get the Windows splash screen and then BSOD of various sorts: a "Recent hardware or software error" brick wall.
I'm a bit confused, as it was working fine before now. I had it running at 10% for the vast majority of the last two years without any issue, and even boosting it up to 20% found me stable and without issue. What happened? Am I missing something? Nothing has changed with the PC's guts.
I'm actually heading to Microcenter to pick up a few things on the tax-free weekend for MA today, and I have the easy option of grabbing a new mobo. There's an "updated" version of the mobo I'm running now with DDR3, nice bus speeds and the easy OC switch. It's well within my price range and I have 4gb of DDR3 awaiting a home in the closet.
Thanks!
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The mobo itself is just about five years old. So I'm guessing end of lifecycle is coming up soon. I didn't end up replacing, as the CMOS reset got it working back at stock.