Can't hold an OC anymore!

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Jawn

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So a while ago I had a weird bug with my HDD which can be found here. http://www.computerforum.com/184921-w7-reboot-select-proper-boot-device.html

Recently, when my computer went into "sleep" move, my screens wouldn't show anything even after moving my mouse and the computer was running. Thinking this might be a graphics card issue, I updated my drivers and everything seemed to work nicely.

Up until last night, where I noticed I hadn't re-OC'd my CPU, I decided to I reboot, configure the BIOS and go to sleep. I OC'd to my usual settings that were working fine since I have this computer (approx. 1.5 years)

This morning I moved my mouse to use the computer and nothing, it won't come out of sleeping again. After rebooting 2 times I finally see my screens and the famous "Overclocking failed" message. This made me remember that I tried to OC a few times since that HDD error I mentioned and I haven't seemed to have any success holding it.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
 
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Parts can deteriorate. Especially after 1.5 years it can happen.

Honestly, sleep and hibernate functions just ask for trouble with overclocks. Better to disable all power saving options and just shut down the computer when not in use.

If it's slow to shutdown and startup we can help with that too, or you can reinstall windows.

Try another hard drive if possible.
 
I would back the OC settings down in small increments and seen if it regains stability again, if it does then your system is suffering from what "Linkin" eluded too.
 
Actually those power saving options are only active since I reformatted due to that issue I mentioned in my first post. Before my computer didn't have those sleep functions, now for some reason it does... which is weird.

Is it in the OS or the BIOS that I usually find those settings? I will gladly disable them.

linkin: I actually think this might be an HDD issue also, since the bug it's been acting kind of weird and it also does ticking sounds (only on boot though), like it's trying to scan damaged areas. This would be my second raptor drive with issues.
 
Both. You will want to disable C1E and EIST/Cool'n'Quiet in the BIOS.

In windows you want to change your power saving options to maximum performance and edit the advanced settings as well so nothing turns off after a set amount of time.

You could also disable hibernation and free up some hard drive space if you wish.

Ticking drive? I'd backup your data ASAP. then run chkdsk -r and see if it finds anything.
 
Running some tests on the HDD but yeah, I am aware that ticking sounds from a drive aren't awesome but it's not like my first raptor. My previous one did ticking sounds while running the OS and trying to find data, this ticking sound only occurs on boot so I'm thinking to myself it's less bad. I'm probably wrong though. ;)
 
Don't worry, my data isn't on that drive. I have 3 extra drives, my main drive only holds stuff like the OS and a few software installs.

I ran tests and it didn't find any damaged sectors, so everything seems to be ok on that end. I'll try a few other things.

Thanks for the help everyone!
 
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