OC has suddenly become unstable

[oli_ramsay]

I've been trying to install XP onto an old 20GB HDD so I can use my shitty Mustek scanner, but it wouldn't install after about 7 atempts using different CDs and HDDs. I figured it was because my mobo was slightly oced to 333FSB (jumper was set to that), so I put the jumper back to default and removed 2GB of ram so it was running at stock speed and with 2GB of RAM (I've heard you can have problems installing an OS sing 4GB).

To cut a long story short, XP wouln't install, it did the first part, but when it came to the part where it boots from disk to finish installation, it said "boot mgr missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart" with a few corrupt characters displaying green an pink and blue squares.

I gave up with the whole thing and thought it's not gonna work so fuck it (not literally). So I remove the ancient 20GB HDD from my system, pop the 2gb back in and change the OC jumper to 333FSB again, load my BIOS settings (specs on left) and proceed to boot. I get BSOD after BSOD. So I'm now running at 425*8 and it seems stable for now. But why can't I get it back to 486FSB after changing a jumper and removing/replacing RAM? Is this normal? Did I do something wrong?

I've already tried reseting BIOS and starting my original OC again but still getting BSODs :(

Any help MUCH appreciated! And you get a cookie for reading through all of this!!!! :):respect:

[BarbaricSoul]

Don't know what to tell you about the OC, but where's my cookie? :D

[Mussels]

swap the ram locations. its possible your system was only stable in a particular order, and you put them back differently.

cookie nao plz.

[oli_ramsay]

I'll try swapping the RAM around, thanks mussels. It makes sense if it is that, because that's the only physical change I made.

Here's your cookie BTW

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[thoughtdisorder]

swap the ram locations. its possible your system was only stable in a particular order, and you put them back differently.

cookie nao plz.

+1. Curious to know if that works, makes perfect sense. Btw, it would be SO wrong to eat that cookie!:laugh:

[oli_ramsay]

Voila, problem solved! swapped RAM around and it's working fine again. Thanks Mussels! Strane that it will only OC well in that exact config, as all 4 DIMMs are the same Patriot memorys.

I better close this tab cos that cookie is amking my hungry lol

[thoughtdisorder]

Cool! :toast:

Nice work Mussels! :toast:

[xubidoo]

i had a similar problem using a wd 40gb ,boot error ,turned out the HD was b0rked :(

[oli_ramsay]

I tried installing it on my new 750GB samsung F1 drive as well as the antique 20GB one and it gave me the exact same error every time :confused:

And it can't be the disk because I tried with 2 different ones, x86 and x64. I have no idea why I couldn't install XP. It doesn't matter anyway because the reason I wanted to install it was so I could use my new scanner (which Mustek refuse to make Vista drivers for :banghead:) but I just went to a shop and photocopied my timesheet for 10p lol.

Guess I'll never buy a Mustek product again. Glad it's all sorted now though :toast: