a very bad overclock

Geoff

Geoff

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i dont know why i did this, i knew there were problemswith the sata drives and overclocking, so i oc'd my cpu only 1fsb more, and then it said that it couldnt find the following system file, so i said "oh great, now i need to reinstall windows." So i went to the family comp, and i wanted to try and save my documents first, so i plug it in, not realizing that im plugging the power adapter into the same one that was coming from the fan, so i turn it on, i see smoke, and flames, and in a panic i unplug the computer, so now i dont have my 200gb hard drive now... it sucks!

And since i want to buy a new hard drive, and i really want it before this weekend, but i was wondering if i should get a 200gb IDE hard drive, that way i can overclock more without worrying about the sata drives locking up. what do you think?
 
hmm, that sucks. guess it pays to check your connections.

my HDD's are on a "sata adpater" that converts IDE to SATA, and they work jsut fine when overclocking. They also work fine hwen using normal IDE connection. I also have seen people overclock who use SATA devices, without these problems. Are you sure it was your harddrives fault?
 
My Seagate SATA drive handles overclocks just fine. the SATA controller on my motherboard is another story however, once I go too high with the FSB the drive is no longer detectable dropping it back down it is redetected and all is fine.
 
if you're asking me, then no, because the entire controller turns off when the freq gets too far out of spec.
 
Cromewell said:
My Seagate SATA drive handles overclocks just fine. the SATA controller on my motherboard is another story however, once I go too high with the FSB the drive is no longer detectable dropping it back down it is redetected and all is fine.
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thats what happens to me, so i picked up a 120GB western digital hard drive today from circuit city for only $50 after rebates, so hopefully i can overclock without having that problem. And praetor, i only have 1 sata block.
 
if you're asking me, then no, because the entire controller turns off when the freq gets too far out of spec.
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Heh no, queston was directed at geoff: some mobos have only some SATA controllers operating in locked mode (good) and other not locked (bad) :)
 
Praetor said:
Heh no, queston was directed at geoff: some mobos have only some SATA controllers operating in locked mode (good) and other not locked (bad) :)
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in case you didnt see it in my other thread, i said that i only have 1 sata block. I havent tried oc'in with my IDE yet, but well see how it goes when i do it.
 
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