[Freiya]

Ok so my pc is prime stable but I seem to crash while my cpu is idle. I can play games for hours and be fine but if i go to sleep i'll wake up to a bsod (124) or if i'm just using firefox I can BSOD. It's really annoying, anyone have any info or tips on this problem?

 

[snoball]

Is there a downclock mode on the SB chips? If so, disable it.

 

[Freiya]

But I want to be able to downclock when i'm idle =/

 

[snoball]

That might be a necessary sacrifice.

 

[Mobius01]

Is speedstep on?

 

[fluxlite]

Quote:

Originally Posted by snoball;13040091
Is there a downclock mode on the SB chips? If so, disable it.

He's probably right - this sounds like a problem with the way your cpu draws power from elevating states, or a problem with how the mobo supplies power.

It won't get that much hotter with the downclocking disabled anyway

 

[-Droid-]

Increase the voltage. That seemed to work for a few users.

 

[snoball]

I know on my Phenom at 3.8 GHz Cool & Quiet causes failure. Disabling led to immediate success.

 

[Freiya]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mobius01 Is speedstep on?

All of that crap is turned on. I'm pretty sure I can fix it by increasing voltage but I rather find some other option to mess with that might help. I really don't want to increase voltage anymore if I can help it.

 

[compudaze]

Use manual voltage instead of offset voltage.

 

[munaim1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by compudaze;13040312
Use manual voltage instead of offset voltage.

This^ and you can leave all the other stuff enabled.

 

[Freiya]

But if you use manual voltage the volts wont decrease during idle states, correct?

 

[compudaze]

Correct. But u can still downclock the CPU at idle. Switching to manual from offset cost me ~5w total at idle measured at the wall. Stability is worth more.

 

[ehpexs]

You need to add more volts, this is generally a problem with offsets when it's still not stable.

 

[Falkentyne]

You can't have your cake and eat it too.
If you want to use offset voltages, you're going to have to deal with BSOD at idle. Offset voltages get very unreliable when you start needing 1.4v at load. Or you're going to have to increase the voltage by a lot.

Either lower your overclock, or use a fixed voltage with speedstep. It's just how it goes man...

 

[Freiya]

Ahh guess i'm forced to bump up offset volt a lil more. Thanks for the help guys!