Nvidia’s Admits their Latest Core-Logic Causes Data Corruption During Overclocking

IvanV · Apr 19, 2008, 11:27 AM

Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processors and chipsets, recently admitted that its most-recent chipset for Intel Corp.’s microprocessors may cause data corruption in case processor bus and system memory are overclocked. Earlier customers blamed previous-generation Nvidia’s core-logic sets for data corruption under the same circumstances.

Apparently, when computer enthusiasts overclock processor system bus (PSB) and memory clock-speeds on systems that are based on Nvidia nForce 790i-series core-logic, they may experience data corruption on hard disk drives. Earlier end-users complained about the same issue on systems powered by previous-generations Nvidia nForce chipsets.
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Source: X-bit labs

BlueMak · Apr 19, 2008, 02:48 PM

This is big and bad.

***Veridian3*** · Apr 20, 2008, 01:06 AM

Its big and bad when it happens at stock settings like with the 680i... in this case it seems to be when overclocking that problems occur which in a way isn't as bad. Will be interesting to see what they find, how easy it is to recreate etc. (We didn't see any probs with our 790i boards)

Apr 19, 2008, 11:27 AM	#1
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,914 Rep Power: 333 System Specs	Nvidia’s Admits their Latest Core-Logic Causes Data Corruption During Overclocking Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processors and chipsets, recently admitted that its most-recent chipset for Intel Corp.’s microprocessors may cause data corruption in case processor bus and system memory are overclocked. Earlier customers blamed previous-generation Nvidia’s core-logic sets for data corruption under the same circumstances. Apparently, when computer enthusiasts overclock processor system bus (PSB) and memory clock-speeds on systems that are based on Nvidia nForce 790i-series core-logic, they may experience data corruption on hard disk drives. Earlier end-users complained about the same issue on systems powered by previous-generations Nvidia nForce chipsets. ____________ Source: X-bit labs __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever). Last edited by MIG-31; Apr 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM.

Apr 19, 2008, 02:48 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	This is big and bad. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 20, 2008, 01:06 AM	#3
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,027 Rep Power: 181	Its big and bad when it happens at stock settings like with the 680i... in this case it seems to be when overclocking that problems occur which in a way isn't as bad. Will be interesting to see what they find, how easy it is to recreate etc. (We didn't see any probs with our 790i boards)