I have a GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard with a q6600.
I've been using 4x 1gb DDR2-6400 Crucial RAM.
I managed to overclock it to 333x9 = 3.0ghz which, has been stable for weeks - unless I play a hardware intensive game which causes it to crash (which I rarely do).
I had tried to push it further this morning, with some varied results but with no luck, I returned it to 333x9.
Later, I started to watch a DVD but after so long, the graphics corrupted and the computer froze.
Upon reboot, the graphics still remained corrupted (readable but almost like a pattern had been overlayed) and windows froze at the welcome screen.
So, I looked inside and everything seems to be working fine except for the amount of heat being generated by the ram, graphics card and chipset heatsink. I left the computer turned off for a good 30 minutes and restarted it to see if anything had changed. The original crash and graphics corruption remained. Yet, after the computer being turned on for a few minutes if that, the graphics card, chipset and ram were as hot as they were before.
I also tried each individual RAM module on its own but the same problems existed.
I have been reading about this motherboard and it seems the voltage controller is rubbish which leads me to think the motherboard has given up the chase.
Any ideas?
Cheers
I've been using 4x 1gb DDR2-6400 Crucial RAM.
I managed to overclock it to 333x9 = 3.0ghz which, has been stable for weeks - unless I play a hardware intensive game which causes it to crash (which I rarely do).
I had tried to push it further this morning, with some varied results but with no luck, I returned it to 333x9.
Later, I started to watch a DVD but after so long, the graphics corrupted and the computer froze.
Upon reboot, the graphics still remained corrupted (readable but almost like a pattern had been overlayed) and windows froze at the welcome screen.
So, I looked inside and everything seems to be working fine except for the amount of heat being generated by the ram, graphics card and chipset heatsink. I left the computer turned off for a good 30 minutes and restarted it to see if anything had changed. The original crash and graphics corruption remained. Yet, after the computer being turned on for a few minutes if that, the graphics card, chipset and ram were as hot as they were before.
I also tried each individual RAM module on its own but the same problems existed.
I have been reading about this motherboard and it seems the voltage controller is rubbish which leads me to think the motherboard has given up the chase.
Any ideas?
Cheers
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