Recent content by swiftytom

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    Soft reset turns PC off for few seconds

    OK, thanks for the heads up guys, seems no matter what I do it will reset like that, so I will leave it. Only thing I'm worried about is if this sort of resetting doesn't hurt the hardware.... but then again, the pause is about 4s, I don't know how long it takes for the harddrives to stop...
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    Soft reset turns PC off for few seconds

    I tried turning off C1E, but not Speedstep, so I'll give it a try, thanks for the tip.
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    Soft reset turns PC off for few seconds

    Yeah this happens all the time when the CPU is overclocked. When I put it back to default, it resets as usual.
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    Soft reset turns PC off for few seconds

    It's ASUS P5B-E, the overclock was from E6600 default 2.4GHz to 2.88GHz, lowered mem ratio for RAM to stay at 800MHz, forced PCIE to 100 and PCI to 33.3.
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    Soft reset turns PC off for few seconds

    Yesterday I tried overclocking my C2D for the first time, following a guide from one forum. The actual overclock seems to be working fine, no errors, lockups or overheating. But after I changed the settings in BIOS, the computer now soft resets by turning itself off for a few seconds, then it...