Can't boot while overclocked?

I recently chanced my OC settings and I can’t boot using them.
Usually my normal settings are:

Processor clock from 3Ghz to 3.8GHz
Processor Vcore from 1.4 to 1.55
Memory clock default (1600Mhz)
Memory voltage from 1.5 to 1.59
Chipset clock from 1.800Mhz to 2.500Mhz
Chipset voltage from 1.25 to 1.4

Up to this point everything works fine, but then I change:

CPU spread spectrum = “ON” to “OFF”
C1E = “OFF” to “ON”

and the system doesn’t boot, hangs right after loading the kernel.

Any tips? This only happens on openSUSE.

Hardware/Software info

openSUSE 12.3
Athlon II X2 250
4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
1TB HDD
9800GT Nvidia 319.17
Seventeam ST-500BAZ
ASRock n68-VS3 UCC

So, when over clocking, or going to the doctor, if doing something hurts, or does not boot, I suggest you stop doing it then. lol!

Setting CPU spread spectrum = “ON” to “OFF”, should not be a problem, so try it by its self first. Setting C1E = “OFF” to “ON” is a power saving function, allowing your CPU to slow down as I read it. Not sure that is what you want in order to over clock? I would consider making sure my PC UEFI setup firmware was fully up-to-date. Next, I might consider using a newer kernel, if using this setting is imperative, to see if it makes any difference.

Have a look here: openSUSE and Installing New Linux Kernel Versions - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

try https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/c-f-u-cpu-frequency-utility-version-1-23-use-cpufrequtils-package-40/

I might try that in a virtual machine, but for what I could see it doesn’t give me as many options as the BIOS.

@jdmcdaniel3 - It wasn’t C1E. I took my memory module out and cleaned it, that was the problem.

Now all I have to figure is why Left 4 Dead 2 (beta) drops it’s frame rate from 150 to 10.

And at what kernel version was Ubuntu using? As for Frame Rates, not sure though you indicate using the latest nVIDIA video driver.

Thank You,

Ubuntu was using 3.8, don’t know how it managed to boot since I didn’t clean this module for months.

The frame rate I’d really like to know more about, because it doesn’t matter the driver version, it’s been happening since 310, 313, and now 319. I suppose this is related to Steam/their games, some memory dump or whatever, but they don’t seem to care about. It happens on Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 dead 2, after a few minutes playing the fps drops and there’s nothing that can fix that. I might look over the web to see a way of putting the option “Maximum Performance” permanently enable on Nvidia-settings.

There is no problem loading kernel 3.8 or 3.9 if you like, to see if that is the issue. Have a look at this blog: openSUSE and Installing New Linux Kernel Versions - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,