E5200 stability question

sav5716

· #2 · Mar 10, 2009

Download Intel Burn Test, Prime95, or OCCT and try testing your overclock with their stress programs. I'm guessing an unstable overclock is causing your problems, but one of these programs would confirm it.

IBT- 50 or so runs, just to be sure
Prime95- 12-24 hours, depending on how long your computer is on for everyday
OCCT- 8-12 hours

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TwoCables

· #3 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by royo

I've overclocked my e5200 slightly, RAM is running at 776MHz or so right now, and I'm at 2,92GHz on the processor, but the thing is if I push the reset button the screen just goes black, so I can't restart the PC from Windows without blacking out. The way it works is by doing a power cycle. Should I just ditch the overclock? CPU-Z reports 1,32 core voltage.

Edit: forgot to mention my windows clock also tends to get messed up.

Are you pressing the reset button to do a cold boot due to the system locking up? If so, then you're right that it is unstable. But we may be able to fix this, so let's get started.

Now, when you say the "windows clock" tends to get messed up, do you mean the clock in the system tray, or the E5200's clock speed? And if you mean the clock in the system tray, then yes, that's quite strange and is an indication that either the motherboard's battery is dead, or there's a setting in Windows that got messed up.

But either way, let's disable a few so-called "limiting features" in the BIOS to help you get the most out of your overclock:

Spread Spectrum (all instances of it).
Intel Speedstep, or EIST, or Enhanced Intel Speedstep.
C1E Enhanced Halt State, or Enhanced C1, or anything with "C1E" in the name.
CPU Thermal Control, or anything with options of "TM1", "TM2", and "TM1 & TM2".

With these settings disabled, the voltage, multiplier and clock speeds will not go down automatically when the system is idle.

Not only that, but are you using the stock CPU cooler, or an after-market one? And if it's an after-market CPU cooler, then which one did you get? How about the thermal paste? Are you using after-market thermal paste, or the thermal paste that was pre-applied or that came with the CPU cooler?

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royo

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 10, 2009

The Windows system clock is getting screwed up.

I'm using an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, with the preapplied paste. 43 degrees in idle after it's been turned on for a few hours. I've done some tests and it seems stable though.

I know about that stuff in the BIOS that changes down the multiplier when it's idle and I've turned it all off. The only time it freezes on its own is when the graphics card has issues with a specific game, since some of the nvidia drivers are a bit ****ty lately. The thing is, even if I push the reset button right now when there are no problems, the monitor won't turn on, and I'd have to shut down and power it back on to get it to restart properly.

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TwoCables

· #5 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by royo

The Windows system clock is getting screwed up.

I'm using an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, with the preapplied paste. 43 degrees in idle after it's been turned on for a few hours. I've done some tests and it seems stable though.

I know about that stuff in the BIOS that changes down the multiplier when it's idle and I've turned it all off. The only time it freezes on its own is when the graphics card has issues with a specific game, since some of the nvidia drivers are a bit ****ty lately. The thing is, even if I push the reset button right now when there are no problems, the monitor won't turn on, and I'd have to shut down and power it back on to get it to restart properly.

But are you only pressing the Reset button when it's locked up and you're basically forced to do a cold boot? I mean, when do you use the Reset button?

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