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[Mirties Masina]

Back before Beta, and the "Topaz Pending Tag of Doom", I was involved in a few discussions about MOBO/GPU/CPU combinations. Someone had said they got the "clock interrupt not received on secondary processor" BSOD frequently. I was getting it alot on BF3 and Modern Warfare 3, and was worried it might plague me when MW:O drops.

I have fixed my issues by activating all 4 cores, and setting my CPU overclock function to 'AUTO'. It has made all my games run better. Apparently, too much or too little OC'ing will cause this, so just let your CPU decide how much it needs.

My system:

Asus M4A-785 MOBO
AMD Phenom 9850 64 2.5GHz x 4
GTX-550 Ti (OC also set to AUTO)

Hope this helps someone else, too.

[Myssi]

Did you change your voltages when you overclocked? Are you monitoring volts and temps now when your overclock is on 'AUTO'?
BSOD easily happens when you boost your CPU frequency but it's not getting enough voltage to handle it.

[Scilya]

"clock interrupt not received on secondary processor"

this BSOD error is EXACTLY what it sounds like. your cpu is unstable either its on the way out, overclocked or your settings are wrong.
people who dont know what this error is have NO business overclocking. not to be nasty or anything but really go read a guide its not something you just go in and start messing around without any idea of what your doing.
you SHOULDN'T get BSOD's when overclocking. EXCEPT WHEN YOU STRESS TEST OR HIT YOUR CPU'S MAX OVERCLOCK. and this is to find out how stable your cpu is once you know its not going to get a BSOD under load you have a stable overclock. if your getting that BSOD on anything else apart from that OR max overclock benchmarking (getting your cpu as high as you can and benchmarking) then your DOING IT WRONG please go read a guide there are many out there

Edited by Scilya, 20 July 2012 - 02:05 PM.

[Mirties Masina]

I got the BSOD because I WASN'T overclocking the CPU, and it was falling behind the GPU. That is what that BSOD error message means. Perhaps your Computer Highness needs to read a guide, yes?

Myssi, yes I am. Have since I put in the Asus MOBO. They have a really nice setup for monitoring everything, so its pretty easy for dummies like me. I haven't needed to change anything as far as voltage, although someone said it wouldn't hurt to pop it up .025 - .125v in case. but being the ***** Scilya thinks I am, I'm not sure I should try anything that dramatic.