hey guys i am running the p4 3.4 ghz 800fsb and i cant sustain a stable oc i have pumped the fsb clock from 204 x 17 to 220 x 17 = 3.755 or somthing and increased the voltage on cpu core aswell but it crashed with blue screen error's not all the time but very random saying the system has been shut down to prevent damgage to hardware and so on is it my gig ram failing out cuz i wasent shure when i bought it that it hadent already been used it benchmarks alright but the cpu has a worse benchmark than my 2.8 ghz p4, 2 years ago lol is it a s---ty chip or what i dont know what to do i get 22136 in 3d mark 2001 se and 5735 in 3d mark 05 considering what harware i am running it doesent quite add up i think somthing terribly wrong and pc 2002 gave me just under 8000 for cpu score wich is garbage for a 3.4 ghz oc'd to 3.755 when my 2.8 gets 8288 lol yeah i dont know but you might plaese any help or funny stories whould be awesome thanx '' SWEETPEA

No offense but, if you put the same care into your PC that you put into your spelling and punctuation, I'm not surprised that the results are somewhat less than desired.

What good is an overclock that is not sustainable ?, load setup defaults and make sure you run the CPU and RAM in sync before you start overclocking. Start by raising the clock is 1-2MHz increments, and only raise the voltage when your system fails to boot, one other thing to look at is your ram timings, loosen them if they are too tight. List of Lists.

Not every cpu overclocks the same. Some overclock worse than the average. I used to get random blue screen messages when I started overclocking (soon after I got 500 mhz OCZ ram). I eventually narrowed the problem down to a memory slot that went bad. Instead of using 1 and 3, I have to use 2 and 4 now. You might want to test your ram individually. If it fails, it's either the ram or slot (so try testing it again in a different slot) How are your temps? Voltages? (PSU providing clean voltage line?)

YES THANX MUCH FOR THAT ... WHO EVER YOU ARE ,, MY TEMPS ARE FINE PRETTY LOW ACTUALLY I THOUGH IT WAS THE RAM, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM THE DODGY DUDE I BOUGHT THE RAM OFF IS ANOTHER STORY' YES I USED TO HAVE RANDOM CRASHES TO YEARS AGO WITH MY OLD MACHINE AND LOL IT WAS A BAD DIMM SOCKET SO I SWICHED IT LIKE YOU DID BUT I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE s---TY DDR2 ANYWAY THANX FOR ALL WHO REPLIED :) PS.. NO OFFENCE RHAWK7398 BUT YOUR GAY !! SWEETPEA

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