What to do if you can't overclock when you used to be able to overclock.

Feek · 13-04-2008, 21:53

Check your connections.

A few months ago I fitted an extra hard drive into my PC and within a day or so I discovered I could no longer overclock the box. No matter what I set the BIOS at, I couldn't persuade it to boot at the higher speed. I assumed that the extra hard drive was driving the PSU just a tad too much and went back to stock speeds.

Today I was moving some cables around in the box and I noticed that one end of the main power cable onto the motherboard was raised by just a couple of mm. Obviously the connections were being made because the system was working, but it wasn't how it should be.

I reseated the connector properly and went back to the BIOS and set the speeds back to how they were previously.

*bingo*

Back to full overclock speed - It's an E6600 (2.4GHz) running at 3.1GHz.

This makes me happy

Mark · 13-04-2008, 22:00

That'll do nicely

. Mine doesn't like much above 2.9 without fiddling with things I don't understand.

13-04-2008, 21:53	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	What to do if you can't overclock when you used to be able to overclock. Check your connections. A few months ago I fitted an extra hard drive into my PC and within a day or so I discovered I could no longer overclock the box. No matter what I set the BIOS at, I couldn't persuade it to boot at the higher speed. I assumed that the extra hard drive was driving the PSU just a tad too much and went back to stock speeds. Today I was moving some cables around in the box and I noticed that one end of the main power cable onto the motherboard was raised by just a couple of mm. Obviously the connections were being made because the system was working, but it wasn't how it should be. I reseated the connector properly and went back to the BIOS and set the speeds back to how they were previously. bingo Back to full overclock speed - It's an E6600 (2.4GHz) running at 3.1GHz. This makes me happy __________________ Last edited by Feek; 13-04-2008 at 21:55. Reason: I noticed the shadow - OMG, look at the shadow on that image, so basic but it looks fantastic!

13-04-2008, 22:00	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	That'll do nicely . Mine doesn't like much above 2.9 without fiddling with things I don't understand. Last edited by Mark; 13-04-2008 at 22:03.