Interesting concept - underclocking causing BSOD's at idle

usasma · Feb 8, 2013

From this post: Windows 8 keeps BSOD when using P2P and surfing net - Page 3

Reading the link there ( [GUIDE] Nvidia Inspector GTX670/680 - disable boost / fixed clock speed / undervolting ) this brings up similarities to the problems that we saw with "Turbo" applications in the BIOS back a year or two ago.

There's been an increasing discussion on the forums about rolling back drivers - and success' with this.

So I'm wondering if we should start looking at underclocking (auto or otherwise) as a possible source of BSOD issues.
I usually recommend disabling any "auto" overclocking utilities - maybe this should also apply to any clock altering behavior on any device? At least for troubleshooting purposes?

jcgriff2 · Feb 8, 2013

usasma said:
There's been an increasing discussion on the forums about rolling back drivers - and success' with this.

How far back can Windows 8 drivers be rolled? i.e., back into beta stage? (W8 Consumer, Developer Previews)? Any trying to roll back to Windows 7 drivers (IDK if that's even possible or not).

usasma said:
So I'm wondering if we should start looking at underclocking (auto or otherwise) as a possible source of BSOD issues.
I usually recommend disabling any "auto" overclocking utilities - maybe this should also apply to any clock altering behavior on any device? At least for troubleshooting purposes?

Sounds like a plan if the software winds up o/c on a percentage basis v. an actual clock-speed number.

IDK - never o/c anything myself.

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Interesting concept - underclocking causing BSOD's at idle

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