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07-20-2008, 12:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Overclocking gone bad
Hi guys
 I have a problem. My brother some days ago made a clumsy attempt to overclock my videocard (Radeon x550) using one of those utility softwares...he couldn't tell me which was. He used the auto-overclocking feature, and while the process was ongoing (the program was slowly increasing the clocks, I think) the system crashed. Then he uninstalled the software. Today I noticed that whenever I load a videogame, or watch videos from youtube, the computer makes noise...the "heavier" is the game, the louder is the noise, till it becomes unbearable. As soon as I exit or Ctrl-alt-tab the application, the noise turns normal. What can I do guys??...I understand nothing of this, I never overclocked in my life 
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07-25-2008, 10:25 PM
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Re: Overclocking gone bad
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07-27-2008, 11:28 AM
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Re: Overclocking gone bad
Well under load, most cards have software to turn the fan speed up to cope with the rising temperatures that having a load creates. The fan may have a problem, it may be related to being overclocked or it may have been a coincedence. I would contact your graphics card's manufacturer and talk about a possible RMA.
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07-28-2008, 02:31 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland
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Re: Overclocking gone bad
Uninstall the driver and reinstall the latest ones. The overclocking software has probably made some changes to it before being removed.
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07-28-2008, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Western Australia
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Re: Overclocking gone bad
The card should be alright. Software like that find the max core and memory settings by increasing until artifacts appear or the system crashes. However the program could of made changes to the driver like lazareth1 has said.
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