Windows Protection Error BSOD O/C woes

[george2664]

Just put together new rig a week or so ago , and trusty WinME ( LOL ) is giving me grief by crashing as soon as I even think of overclocking either video or CPU.

System is as follows :-

XP1800+ ( unlocked L1 bridges )
Alpha PAL8045 & 108cfm 120mm fan ( controlled down to around 70cfm so I don't go deaf )
Epox 8kha
256Mb PC2100
Leadtek GF3 Ti200 TDH
Full tower ( 4x80mm fans - 2 in 2 out ) & 300w PSU
LiteOn 32x12x40 CDRW
20Gb Quantum Fireball ATA100 HDD
Dynalink 56k internal modem

Any attempt at overclocking results in BSOD > reset > Safe Mode > Device Manager > disable just about everything > reboot > get everything back to normal > back to where I started > hit head against brick wall

Video temp OK
System 21C , CPU 37C
All BIOS settings standard

No conflicts

Tried all the fixes I could find

- disabled ACPI
- disabled PNP OS
- disable PCI bus IRQ steering
- plenty of IRQ's , none sharing
+ a few others

No clues on BSOD as to error - just says restart system

Anyone out there got any suggestions?

 

[CplHicks]

You should try upping your voltage settings if you haven't already, they might make the overclock more reachable.

Otherwise, don't overclock. You just can't push your computer any farther than it can go and perhaps you've pushed it too far.

Good luck, and welcome to the Anandtech Forums.

 

[george2664]

Thanks cplhicks

First attempts were very conservative O/C's - should have worked

My initial thoughts are it's a WinME / BIOS issue

I'm currently downloading all the MS updates as it was a fresh install

BTW I've tried reformatting the drive & starting from scratch - didn't solve the problem