possibly back from the brink......
I was this close to throwing in the towel on this oc, going back to my 9*400 setup and just leaving it (because I could run lower settings and got lower temps). Instead, with some new-found confidence from some articles on Anand, I'm gonna stick in there (for now ;) ).
Before I go nuts, I have a couple questions I'd like some opinions on:
1. Asus ProbeII - is it reliable for mobo and NB temps and, if so, what should be my target temp to keep them both under?
2. Is it likely that Vista64 "issues" could cause failures in Prime95? If not "cause" them, could it be a contributing factor?
I ask because on and off for the past couple weeks I've had an issue where it's as if Vista is alt-tab'ing my keyboard. For instance I could be typing this reply then my cursor disappears, the boarder around this window ghosts out {like they do when you jump from one window to another} then it would jump back again and part of the word/sentence I was typing wouldn't be there from when this window was 'deselected.' - When I'd go into taskmanager, all the tasks in the applications tab would be jumping around as well. It's probably time for a format/OS reinstall anyway but I wonder if it could have anything to do with my cpu crapping out during Prime. EDIT: i double checked my established run-time for defrag and that's not it.....even though my pc kinda acts like that's what's happening. Re-EDIT: I might have tracked it down to a PDA/Outlook appointment reminder/sync. problem.
3. Does increasing FSB Term. Voltage (VTT) impact CPU temps and NB temps or mostly just one or the other?
.....as always......thanks. ;)
