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Jon1984 wrote:What is your OS? If it is Windows 8 I can tell you that I've experienced pretty crazy behaviors from it. First of all, try to do your tests will stock values, sometimes even little overclocks mess with your PC.
Duct Tape Dude wrote:Come on, gerbils. It's not Windows. This is a hardware problem like notfred said.
Deanjo wrote:Duct Tape Dude wrote:Come on, gerbils. It's not Windows. This is a hardware problem like notfred said.
Nearly all sleep issues boil down to OS / misbehaving software or driver / or a bad ACPI implementation in the BIOS/UEFI. Rarely is it due to bad hardware. The very first thing I would do is to fire up a linux distro and see if it exhibits the behavior there (as well the logs will usually point to a bad ACPI implementation if that is an issue).
HorseIicious wrote:mobo standoffs are pretty long on this one, so I doubt it's that. But since I have to pull it for RMA anyway, I'll test for it (and reseat the CPU too).
just brew it! wrote:HorseIicious wrote:mobo standoffs are pretty long on this one, so I doubt it's that. But since I have to pull it for RMA anyway, I'll test for it (and reseat the CPU too).
When you pull the mobo, count the screws as you remove them. Make sure the same number of standoffs were under it. This is basically what I do (in reverse) when I install a mobo -- I count the standoffs, and if I use fewer screws to fasten it down then I know there's a problem (probably an extra mis-placed standoff under the mobo).
just brew it! wrote:Any chance you can test the CPU in someone else's system? A "mild overclock" is unlikely to have permanently damaged the CPU, but yeah I agree signs are now pointing that way.
Duct Tape Dude wrote:No way!! I have never seen or even heard of a CPU failure before, except at extreme voltages. Well done!
Duct Tape Dude wrote:No way!! I have never seen or even heard of a CPU failure before, except at extreme voltages. Well done!
Ryu Connor wrote:http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=84757&hilit=+million
It happens more often than people realize and the "mild overclock" has a substantial impact in helping it along.
HorseIicious wrote:It seems like if the study's "recurring failure rate" estimate was accurate I would have noticed it somewhere between overclocking a p120 to 133, an amd3200+ to 2.4, or my current 2500k to 4.2.
Ryu Connor wrote:HorseIicious wrote:It seems like if the study's "recurring failure rate" estimate was accurate I would have noticed it somewhere between overclocking a p120 to 133, an amd3200+ to 2.4, or my current 2500k to 4.2.
It's more intellectually honest to just say, "I'd rather that not be true, so I refuse to accept it."
Five paragraphs of rationalizations against empirical data isn't really necessary.
just brew it! wrote:There's a slight chance that the CPU failure was motherboard-related (e.g. it could be feeding more volts to the CPU than it is telling you). Are you using the original motherboard, or the second one? I would at least make sure you're running the latest BIOS.