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    Gta Iv

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tidusx100, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. tidusx100

    tidusx100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently just used setpll to OC to 180 it ran Intelburn test 10 times no problem however right after I closed it and opened up steam I got a BSOD so I lowered the clock setting to 178 ran it again and it was fine however after opening GTA IV up I got a BSOD I lowered it again to 175 and was able to make it the menu to press start but was then greeted by another BSOD. I know GTA IV is a shoddy port but I could run it fine with about 20fps pre overclock and now even after going through intelburn test I get BSOD's. I havent written down the error but I will do so the next time I get a chance I believe it was a pointer reference.
     
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    Did you set IntelBurnTest to run at maximum stress? The RAM could be unstable.
     
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    tidusx100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    sorry was trying to understand why im getting errors if it can handle the stress test the overclock is the only variable that has changed since the last time I played it. Ran it again and got a Interrupt request handled improperly error will look through the thread you gave me later I think its what im running into thanks for your help
     
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    tidusx100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did I thought it was the ram also but It ran through the stress test at 180 10 times without giving any errors
     
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    Oh ok I think I understand what you are asking now... Perhaps try a different load test in IntelBurn because maybe you are not testing enough load to see if you will get a BSOD... I had this problem before too but the BSOD for me took about an hour after load.
     
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    Thanks the thread you referenced fixed the problem now I can see how far above 178 I can get. Unfortunately GTA IV is seeing a minimum gain in performance I will try testing it without and comparing the results.
     
    tidusx100, Apr 26, 2011
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    you wont see a big difference unless you use Throttle stop.
     
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    o.0 should have mentioned im also using throttlestop
     
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    Im gonna run another stress test but I keep getting BSOD's randomly with clocks of 175 and 178 while ddoing simple things like browsing. I googled a couple of the error messages and im leaning towards my memory but how could I pass 10 runs on Intel Burn Test on maximum at 180 and be facing these problems with lower clocks?
     
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    I had same issue. Do not use IntelBurn, IMO it does not do a good job or at least I do not know how to configure it properly to do so because not only me but a number of other people have said the same thing.

    Try Prime95 I had great success with that.

    P.S. Just to clairify are you saying that at 180 BLCK you do not get any BSOD's and its perfectly stable? But yet at 175-178 BLCK you are getting BSOD's?
     
    MasivB, Apr 28, 2011
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    How much RAM do you have?
     
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