athlon x4 640 OC part FAIL!! (Biostar N68S3)

[Thekio1984]

i can get a stable 3.3-3.4ghz OC, yet occassionally upon shutdown/restart, i get cmos bad error, so i have to reconfigure the OC in bios, then it works fine again..any ideas whats up??

 

[jason3871]

I wouldn't recommend overclocking on that motherboard. It probably can't maintain a stable voltage through the motherboard VRMs.

 

[Thekio1984]

I wouldn't recommend overclocking on that motherboard. It probably can't maintain a stable voltage through the motherboard VRMs.

Possibly Agreed, tried various settings, small tweaks here & there, but i think im getting close..or closer..currently running @ 3329mhz (3.3ghz) with no boot errors so far 2day..so maybe.....but yh alot of time for nothing really

 

[jason3871]

Seems like only a new motherboard would do the trick. Then again wait till you can get a new system upgrade as that might be a better option rather than paying so much for another mobo.