Aiyah.... My computer was not particularly happy today.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had issues last night with my computer losing it's overclock. I managed to get it stable to some extent at 3.2GHz today and tried to bring it up to 3.6GHz but then ran into some issues.
Initially, it just wouldn't boot, indicating the overclock wasn't working, tweaking it here and there just didn't work above the 3.2 point, which was a little disappointing. Checking the motherboard and everything for blown/damaged components indicated that nothing was physically visibly wrong with the system. I was pleasantly surprised to see how little dust did accumulate past the dust filters, and for the amount it was also quite fine dust that made it past the filter.
Well, resigned to being at an overclock of 3.2Ghz (up from the native 2.66), I hit another snag. I was getting stuck on DMI verification. A quick google check confirmed that fear that one of my HDD's may have just died.... Well, pulling apart the case and unplugging everything discovered that one SATA HDD was showing signs of failure..... So I thought. More messing around with plugging in and unplugging eventually actually showed that all my HDD's were working, it was just either not plugging in properly, or playing silly buggers for some reason..... ~sigh~
Well, once it was back up and running again, I tried to overclock, and, still, couldn't get it to push past the 3.2 mark. Oh well, I guess I'm down 400Hz, but still nearly 600Hz higher than stock. Though, the next time I build a computer, I will consider getting an alternative brand case than Antec. Don't get me wrong, I love Antec, their designs are wonderful, and very quiet too, but in terms of space, it is very small to work with if your box is crammed full of stuff. Most people apparently only have 2 or so HDD, I'm running 5, so the cabling truly is a mess, even with the best cable management I can get in it (because my power supply isn't a modular one). I will consider one of the Silverstone TJ series I think because they have removable motherboard trays and are very spacious.
Well, now that all that hassle is over, time to settle in and do something that doesn't require me pulling my computer apart.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had issues last night with my computer losing it's overclock. I managed to get it stable to some extent at 3.2GHz today and tried to bring it up to 3.6GHz but then ran into some issues.
Initially, it just wouldn't boot, indicating the overclock wasn't working, tweaking it here and there just didn't work above the 3.2 point, which was a little disappointing. Checking the motherboard and everything for blown/damaged components indicated that nothing was physically visibly wrong with the system. I was pleasantly surprised to see how little dust did accumulate past the dust filters, and for the amount it was also quite fine dust that made it past the filter.
Well, resigned to being at an overclock of 3.2Ghz (up from the native 2.66), I hit another snag. I was getting stuck on DMI verification. A quick google check confirmed that fear that one of my HDD's may have just died.... Well, pulling apart the case and unplugging everything discovered that one SATA HDD was showing signs of failure..... So I thought. More messing around with plugging in and unplugging eventually actually showed that all my HDD's were working, it was just either not plugging in properly, or playing silly buggers for some reason..... ~sigh~
Well, once it was back up and running again, I tried to overclock, and, still, couldn't get it to push past the 3.2 mark. Oh well, I guess I'm down 400Hz, but still nearly 600Hz higher than stock. Though, the next time I build a computer, I will consider getting an alternative brand case than Antec. Don't get me wrong, I love Antec, their designs are wonderful, and very quiet too, but in terms of space, it is very small to work with if your box is crammed full of stuff. Most people apparently only have 2 or so HDD, I'm running 5, so the cabling truly is a mess, even with the best cable management I can get in it (because my power supply isn't a modular one). I will consider one of the Silverstone TJ series I think because they have removable motherboard trays and are very spacious.
Well, now that all that hassle is over, time to settle in and do something that doesn't require me pulling my computer apart.
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