Strange BF2 issues after overclocking...

2008-03-24 11:17:26

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

So yeah, some time ago I got my new motherboard and RAM, a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 and some Corsair XMS2 PC6400. At first, everything ran fine, but after a day or two, I decided to clock up my CPU again, with my new, leet mobo and RAM. With an FSB of 300MHz (1200MHz effective), I run my CPU at 4.20GHz (14x300) and RAM at 750MHz, since the Prescott core CPUs barely have enough bandwidth to fully use DDR667 anyhow. This is where the weird shit starts. memtest86 can run fine for hours without any errors at all, in fact, it's at 3:49 right now, but in BF2, I get kicked for "Corrupt memory/file: [Number that starts with 8]", about once every 30 minutes.

The problem remains even though I've both reinstalled and repatched several times, and every single other thing works great (Except from WinAmp, which causes BSODs for some reason )

So, has anyone got any idea of what could be going on?

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Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-03-24 11:18:29)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 11:39:32

#2

Hakei: Banned; +295|6255

Updated PB? >_>

Try single player, see what happens.

2008-03-24 12:07:20

#3

tr@gic: Member; +1|6606

Thats a pretty serious overclock you have done there.. btw whats yer stock CPU?. I assume its of the dual core or more newer ones, that do overclock darn well.

If memtest is not throwing up any errors, then its could either be the voltage for the CPU overclock, or maybe a heat issue, as that speed i assume you have a decent cooler planted on the CPU.

Maybe try lowering the CPU overclock to say 3.6Ghz to see if that works any better... More info would be better to try and pin the prob down though..

Last edited by tr@gic (2008-03-24 12:09:21)

2008-03-24 12:13:35

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

tr@gic wrote:
Thats a pretty serious overclock you have done there.. btw whats yer stock CPU?. I assume its of the dual core or more newer ones that do overclock darn well.

If memtest is not throwing up any errors, then its could either be the voltage for the CPU overclock or maybe heat issues, as that speed i assume you have decent cooler planted on the CPU.

Maybe try lowering the CPU overclock to say 3.6Ghz to see if that works any better... More info would be better to try and pin the prob down though..

Nah, it's a Prescott P4, the same kind of CPU that broke the 8GHz barrier back in 2006. Actually just 200MHz slower stock and one model lower than the one that made 8.31 back then. I run it at 1.6v, the highest that my mobo will feed in small steps - the next step is 1.8, and I'm not giving it .5v more than stock. I've ran it stable at 4.5GHz on the same voltage, so I don't think the CPU is a problem here.

In more detail, my CPU is:

Pentium 4 630
Prescott2M core
90nm
2048kB L2 cache
3.00GHz stock
1.3v stock VCore

EDIT: Oh, and heat is not an issue, barely touches 70C after half an hour of SuperPI.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-03-24 12:14:18)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 12:15:47

#5

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6641|the land of bourbon

is it a punkb kick, or a bf2 ctd?

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2008-03-24 12:21:44

#6

iD: Hates most server admins.; +7|6916

Freezer7Pro wrote:
This is where the weird shit starts. memtest86 can run fine for hours without any errors at all, in fact, it's at 3:49 right now, but in BF2, I get kicked for "Corrupt memory/file: [Number that starts with 8]", about once every 30 minutes.

memtest doesnt use the cpu. try prime95, use the torture tests (run two instances, one with low memory and one with normal usage at the same time) and you will see that it produces errors due to your overclock. you just raised it too much.

70°C is quite a lot btw.

Last edited by iD (2008-03-24 12:23:16)

2008-03-24 14:37:28

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

steelie34 wrote:
is it a punkb kick, or a bf2 ctd?

It's a PunkBuster kick.

iD wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
This is where the weird shit starts. memtest86 can run fine for hours without any errors at all, in fact, it's at 3:49 right now, but in BF2, I get kicked for "Corrupt memory/file: [Number that starts with 8]", about once every 30 minutes.
memtest doesnt use the cpu. try prime95, use the torture tests (run two instances, one with low memory and one with normal usage at the same time) and you will see that it produces errors due to your overclock. you just raised it too much.

70°C is quite a lot btw.

Prime95 runs perfectly fine. The CPU is 100% stable, and it's capable of much higher speeds with better cooling. And Prescott core CPUs run fine at up to 90C and 1.7v. It's not an issue with the overclocking itself, as all apps but BF2 work fine.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 14:54:30

#8

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6641|the land of bourbon

if it's Punkb, it's definitely NOT a hardware issue. what exactly is the file name it says is corrupt? maybe reinstalling punkb from scratch might help? that error is pretty spurrious in its reference to "memory."

2008-03-24 15:08:23

#9

tr@gic: Member; +1|6606

Well if all seems solid as you say with your present overclock, and looking at yer specs, thats seems good to go, it must surely be punkbusters fault.

I did a quick google on that memory leak and it appears its prevalent. One guys said he fixed it by updating his bios but from reading some of the forum posts for this problem, the fault definately appears to lie in the lap of punkbuster.

Maybe a manual install of the latest punkbuster may help if you have not already tried that...

2008-03-24 15:11:30

#10

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6753|N. Ireland

What's the voltage on that RAM? I'm guessing 2.2-2.5v?

2008-03-24 15:27:07

#11

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

kylef wrote:
What's the voltage on that RAM? I'm guessing 2.2-2.5v?

By far not. It's underclocked, I run it at stock.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 21:36:13

#12

Hakei: Banned; +295|6255

Have you tried updating PB~

2008-03-24 23:35:23

#13

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

Hakei wrote:
Have you tried updating PB~

Yes, PB is at the latest version available.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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