Hi, i tried to overclock my cpu about 6 months ago and kinda failed, so i thought this time id give it another try and my target was 3.0ghz from stock 2.4ghz.

After attempting my voltages are as follows:

Vcore = 1.5

DRAM = 2.1

HT (i have no idea what that is) = 1.44

NB = 1.44

SB = 1.56

Frequencies:

FSB = 1333 x 9

RAM = 800Mhz

Temperatures also:

Idle: CPU = 35 Motherboard 40 (celcius)

Load: CPU = 50 Motherboard 55 max

My system is able to boot up and do basic things like browsing the web or msn fine, just when i attempt gaming, about 30 minutes into play it will either freeze up or completely shut down, obviously an unstable overclock. So basically i wanted so form of suggestion from you guys as to what i can try to attempt to stabalise my overclock.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, my specs should be in my signature.

WINDOWS VISTA 32 BIT HOME

ok so about 3 hours ago i turned on my computer as normal and windows starts up with about half of my desktop icons there, a different background and and couple of programs removed such as windows live messenger.

i press start then click on the link on the right to go to my documents. EMPTY!

so i thought i would try a different route. so went to my computer>c-drive>users

there i found my normaldocuments inside a foldercalled HOME, then underneath was a folder called TEMP which is this newly created windows with half of my desktop items.

so basically i want everything back to normal so all my programs and links are where they should be.

and i also have no idea why this happened in the first place. im not sure if this is hardware or software related.

i am using AVAST antivirus

thanks in advance