could't it be the Harddrive

[maqqx]

I've been overclocking I've had my P3 1.0 GHz CPU running 1.2 with the help of a fsb at 160MHz and it seames like it went fine... intil my system started acting strange, it started flickering when I forinstance moved my mouse around on the screen the mouse would not move in a continuos motion but it would just from place to place... that is only if the system was reading from the harddrive at the same time. It is like the system is beeing draged down by the harddisk... can this be real, can my harddisk be pulling down my system in such a way?

My system is a 1.0 GHz P3
on a Abit VP6-RAID boad(the raid is not in use at the moment)
with 256 MB 133MHz SDRAM
and an old Matrox 8 Gig Harddrive

pleace if any one know a solution to my problem.

[BipolarBill]

What is the CPU temperature running at? You may be building too much heat.

[maqqx]

the CPU was running at no more than 50C(actualy 47 as far as I remmember), but that wass with a sandra burnin test...

[BipolarBill]

I have been playing with an "old" 17GB Maxtor recently. It runs like dog s**t. Really. With both it and a newer W-D 400BB 40GB drive on a Promise Ultra66, the W-D leaves the Maxtor for dead. It feels like it's 5x as fast as the Max. Booting the Maxtor is absolute agony and it checks out as healthy too.

I think it's time to upgrade that HDD.

[gibsinep]

Yeah I was just going to say that. Hard drives have really progressed more so than people think in the last few years.

[maqqx]

Actualy I'm not sure that I'm making my question clear.
My question is could I have damagede my harddisk from the high fbs frequensy. its that simple its that easy.

[BipolarBill]

Yes. You may have cooked the HDD's onboard electronics. It's possible, but unlikely. Since the data moving to and from the drives rides on the PCI bus (like most everything else), the higher PCI bus frequency could have hurt the drive's electronics. Initially, the HDDs benefit from the higher bus frequency, but damage can occur over time.