[AuralGlow]

Recently i upgraded my rig to a Phenom X3 8450 on a MSI K9A2 CF-F.

The chip is overclocked to 2.52GHz up from 2.1GHz (which is stock) on stock voltage and my rams are running at 800MHz up from 667MHz (which is stock). i also changed my PSU from a 400w one to a Verudium PowerXT 485w. So to say all the power components are okay. I have a ThermalTake MaxOrb which doesn't hit 50c on P95 load. So i suppose heat isn't an issue.

Details on my OC;
FSB: 240
Multiplier: 10.5x (2.52GHz up from 2.1GHz)
HT: 13x
Memory Divider: 1:1/66
Memory Speed: 800MHZ (up from 667MHz)

All these settings on stock voltage.

Then it comes down to the OS, i'm running on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. All the drivers are the latest, graphics, audio etc. Tested my chip stability using Prime95 (though i didn't run it for 24hours, but i got it to run for 8 hours without errors.)

Then comes my problem with all the BSoDing. I play WoW, can't play for 30 mins with sound on without BSoDing, then i went to google for WoW related BSoD issues and stumbled across a few threads which recommended turning sound off by the shortcut. It only lengthens the time i stay in the game but doesn't solve the issue. The BSoDing only came after the recent patch 2.4.3. Before that i was playing on 2.4.2 and there were no such problems.

Second to that is my Skype. Even when i'm not playing WoW, i skype with my friend and play other games like Race 07 or something else. It also causes BSoD. I don't know about others but back then when i was using Windows XP and playing WoW on private server, dialing my friend on skype with WoW running will instantly cause the BSoD (when i click the green dial button). So i have a bad history between WoW and Skype.

So my rig is windows stable, supposedly prime stable. Anyone got any idea on how to solve the issue?

[frozen_cpu]

you forgot to say that running on full stock resulted in bsods as well.

[AuralGlow]

Originally Posted by frozen_cpu

you forgot to say that running on full stock resulted in bsods as well.

Oh yeah, and that. Full stock cpu clock speed, rams and gpu. stock volts and all. also bsod.

[AuralGlow]

Also to say that when i checked Window Reliability Manager after a BSoD or crash. It is stated as an application failure of dwm.exe, which is desktop windows manager.

Anyone help?

[frozen_cpu]

just switch back to xp and i promise you all your problems will be gone.