View Full Version : Why do I corrupt hard drives everytime I overclock?
overclock shot
08-10-2005, 03:13 PM
I've done this to my computer at least twice. Today I was at a friends house and did the same thing!! He just got a 3000+ venice and a chaintech board. Now he's going to be really ticked off at me. Am I missing something here, or is this common? And while I'm on this, how do you clear a HDD when even trying to reinstall windows goes fubar and doesnt let you? I have no luck with any of this stuff. Help is very much appreciated!!
eBoy0
08-10-2005, 03:19 PM
I have the same exact problem.... ALOT. Ususally it has something to do w/ the PCI/AGP lock not liking the overclock. And u dont have to reinstall windows everytime, usually pressing "r" at the setup cd works, then "chk dsk /r" << alot faster than a format/reinstall.
Magnj
08-10-2005, 03:58 PM
SATA or IDE. If SATA and I guess IDE if you overvolt 3.3V line hat can cause it. Also if our not testing mem speeds in bios before windows that is a sure fire way to fubar your install. Make sure your mem is ROCK SOLID at the speed your using it at BEFORE you enter Windows or that will happen everytime.
angra
08-10-2005, 04:09 PM
I have found "acronis true image" to be extremely helpful in this regard. I do a nightly backup and also a fresh one any time I'm doing something marginally risky.
[XC] leviathan18
08-10-2005, 04:27 PM
is the pci lock be sure if you are OCIng from windows that you locked the pci
Ugly n Grey
08-10-2005, 04:42 PM
i've never corrupted an HD yet, I always bench on an image until I'm stable..
D3kMatrix
08-10-2005, 05:02 PM
You ram is either putting out errors, SATA lock isn't working, or PCI lock isn't working.
I NEVER go into windows until mestest does a couple passes without any errors. Your just asking for it if you do.
overclock shot
08-10-2005, 05:23 PM
Oh I see *dumb question* do I just put memtest on a floppy and boot with it or what? *never used it* Thanks for the help, and does anyone know of a program that can boot off a floppy and clear an HDD?? Thanks a lot!!
Jcollins82
08-10-2005, 06:03 PM
Killdisk (http://www.killdisk.com) will wipe a HDD.
The memtest86 website has directions on how to use memtest. (http://www.memtest86.com/)
eBoy0
08-10-2005, 06:13 PM
Killdisk (http://www.killdisk.com) will wipe a HDD.
The memtest86 website has directions on how to use memtest. (http://www.memtest86.com/)
So will format c: :p:
overclock shot
08-10-2005, 07:43 PM
Hey thanks a lot guys, I'll tell you tomorrow how it went, and may even consider trying once again to overclock my own rig. Thanks again!
drcrawn
08-11-2005, 10:18 AM
Buy a pci sata controller that does 33/66mhz- problem solved. You never mentioned what motherboard exactly you have, but I assume it has no bus locks. Usually HDD corruption happens around 220-225 HTT.
Revv23
08-11-2005, 04:09 PM
i dunno, ive hadthe corrupt windows message many times before, but i usually just lower my clocks back to something reasonable and the HDD is fine. onboard SATA on early NF2's was a scary thing though.
CRUSH-ER
08-11-2005, 08:50 PM
Using a nforce4? If so, maybe your HTT is out of whack??! Are you keeping it below 1000? Anything above is a sure fire way to corrupt a windows install. :p: