Computer freezes when trying to overclock processor

I recently bought a new heatsink to overclock my processor and when i do a overclock on amd overdrive it freezes my computer. any suggestions?

I know that you are asking how to overclock and not freeze, to that I cannot give you answer. I can present you with the methods to help prevent freezing, one of which is not to overclock. Perhaps one of the other suggestions may be of help

Here are my solutions to freezing, and an excellent article, which I hope is of some help
Go to search type device manager and look for any yellow warning markers
Download and run malwarebytes, a full scan after you update
Run antivirus scan
Check memory with memtest86
Make sure that you are not over heating.
Try in safe mode; report back if it works properly.
Try a clean boot
Make sure PSU is working properly
If overclocking, restore to original
Test hard drive at company website.
Test in safe mode, does it still happen?
Try with clean boot..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic...ing-memtest86/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
http://malwarebytes.org/
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

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Yet other suggestions
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...-lags-every-couple-seconds-7.html#post1131640



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don't do any of the above really.

Freezing on an OC means that thed OC isn't stable... Plane and simple.

I haven't used amd overdrive before, but when the system freezes on an overclock, you need to up your Vcore. But as you haven't said anything bout what your settings are, my only useful suggestion is to fully read up on overclocking as youre currently running the risk of frying your cpu because of back overclocking.

I agree, dont over clock is the best suggestion, as I mentioned upfront.

its an AMD, Phenom x6 1090T

all im doing is moving it up by 1mhz and it freazes, it didnt do it before

Okay... What are your temperatures?

I'd redue the hsf. Which did you add, and was the paste pre-applied? or did you add it, and how much did you add?

Are you sure it was only 1mhz? Ive never seen a 1mhz increase as you usually change a base clock or multiplier resulting in either say a 200mhz increase.

Make sure your rams seated well, and all cables are plugged in.

Did you remember to plug in your hsf fan power?

Does it have to do with some new frequency lock on the new processors?

Does the motherboard support overclocking?

Are the devices compatible with the software?

And speaking of software, software overclocks are generally unstable... Just my experience.

it supports, it, and its at 24C. iv done it before, but after i changed my heatsink and reinstalled my OS it started freezing

Did you knock something about?
Did you TIM Right?
did you get tim in the socket?

Lots of things to check.

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no i got this blue spire stuff from the heatsink i got, im going to reapy it soon cause i have to change some things around in my case. and gota reinsall my OS

what is TIM?

what kind of heatsink do you have if u dont mind me asking :P

Well, thats weird, its not like its a heat issue if your at 26C.

It could be a voltage issue. Have you increased the voltage to maintain stability?

The more the processor is overclocked the more "juice" it needs. You need to up the voltage to make it stable again. That is most likely your problem.

TIM is the thermal paste.

Santaryan, hes using the amd program that overclocks half bios half software. I've used the same basic thing on my gigabyte board. It jumps everything together.

Also hes used it successfully before the change.

Just because the temps at 26C idle, it does not mean its not heat.

I can get a 40 pus degree change in temp if my Vcores high enough. And thart chane can be in under 30 secs. AMDs have a low max temp unlike Intels.

the heatsink is a spire thermax eclips 2, i had a hard as hell time putting it on

That thing is looks very VERY similiar to a Noctua NH-U12P SE2... same design and everything.

I'd redo the hsf if you had a hard go at it.

I fixed it, i replied compound to the heatsink, and reinstalled the OS, and now it works
Now to find safe clock rates for the AMD X6 1090T so far i got it to 3.4ghz, on a auto clock i got it to 4.0ghz with the multiplyer at x19 and never went over 45C, how do i make sure that it is stable, and wont shut down my computer.

I run LinX I find it kills the computer the best. If you can do an hour, youre pretty much stable.

You can also run Prime95 or Intel BurnTest.

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Intel BT Download IntelBurnTest 2.5 Free - Stress your computer to find out how stable it is - Softpedia