Xps 720 w H2C cooler and QX6850 not stable HELP!!

Can you tell an idiot how to resetting the CMOS I am sure I know but I am not that good with the proper terms thanks for your patients. Looking forward to your response. Just set the bios to default?

Have you tried resetting the CMOS to bring the system back to its default settings?

 

Once you do that, try overclocking in small increments and then use OCCT for stability testing at each increment.

Read HERE on how to reset the CMOS

 

I'm not that familiar with that PC, but do you have the manual for it?  If not, here's the XPS 720 H2C Owner's Manual.

 

Here's the XPS 720 motherboard:

 

 

 

I believe #20 is your Reset (CMOS) jumper.  Remove the connector for about 30 seconds, then re-connect it and you should have then reset your CMOS to its default state.

Hello so far so good just CO it to 3.33 and ran a mark60 and scored a 16880 Thanks I will let you know in the next couple of days if it is still stable. My video card is a BFG GTX280

Hello Bad news just got 2 blue screens 0x0000007E my son was playing wow and oblivion

QX6850

BFG GTX280 OC

4GB corsair @1066MHz

XPS 720/W H2C cooler

stock 250 HD

HP W24o8h monitor

1000w dell psu

I have tried all sorts of stuff Dell was on it for about a hour and a half with dell connect don't know what to do? Going to try to update the sound drivers thanks to any one that can help!

Again, I'll stress (pun intended) the need for stability stress testing.  Download OCCT and run the Auto for an hour.  If it passes you're good to go, otherwise you need to do some more system tweaking.  Overclocking is a time consuming and laborious process, but it can be fun if you're into that kind of thing.  I'd search online (and here) for some overclocking guidelines that will get you started.  And again, I'd recommend to start at a low overclock.  Once that's stable, then you can continue higher.

Hello thanks for the reply I don't care if I overclock it I just want it to run. I get the 0X0000007E every time I or my family tries to play any game? just don't get it It ran without any problems until I upgraded to the QX6850? Is there maybe some compatibility issue that I am not seeing?

OK hit almost 4 min then to HOT!! I think I put to much paste on it should it be 1 small line down the middle? Do you think this is causing my blue screen also?

In OCCT, hit the Orange button and click the Monitoring tab.  Set the max CPU temp to 85, and try it again.  If you still have a problem, perhaps the thermal paste was applied incorrectly, or maybe even too much.

OK I just ran the OCCT after 1min and 8 sec it says to hot. How can that be I have the h2c cooler and I used artic silver 5?

Try adjusting the voltage manually for the CPU and Memory.  For the CPU, use the default setting.  And for the RAM, use the mfgr rated voltage.

If the thermal paste wasn't appllied correctly, it will cause the CPU to get too hot and cause BSODs.  A very thin horizontal line across the CPU is all it needs.

 

See this Artic Silver Installation Guide for your CPU.

Ok re-applied the as5 and backed down the clock to 3.33 ran OCCT for the full hour and is stable at this point. I still don't understand why I can't oc higher with this H2C cooler when they sell the H2C's that are oc to 3.73 and higher with the same set up? Is the chipset different on the h2c mobo maybe that's the difference. I have a XPS 720 and added the CPU and the cooler. The me know what you think and thanks for all of your help!! Hope this stop's the BSOD!!