Overclocking & User Interface Problem

nstocke · 2007-10-25, 20:59

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 RC3
MediaPortal Skin: Mepo Green Wide & others
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Amd Athlon 2500+
HDD: Multiple internal & external
Memory: 768 m
Motherboard: Abit VA10
Video Card: nvidia FX6200
Video Card Driver: Latest just updated 10/15/2007
1. TV Card: Avermedia M150,
2. TV Card: Avermedia 180
Power Supply: 400 W
Remote: Girder Based
TV: Panasonic Plasma 50"
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI to HDMI Cable

I've been running Media Portal & Beyond TV for some time without problems. I wanted push my CPU up a little to help with some HDTV content in Beyond TV. If I overclock the CPU at all I start to have problems with the Graphic User Interface in Media Portal. Beyond TV works fine as does everything else I run on the system. The UI gets scrambled. I can see small recognizable warped in shape objects but overall it is unrecognizable.

Not sure if this is the best place to post this question. Has anyone else had problems with overclocking and the UI?

Paranoid Delusion · 2007-10-25, 23:24

Actually do not ever remember seeing a post about overclocking here at all.

Cool and quiet yes.

Seriously if you are getting those effects, then you are unbalancing your setup, the 2500 was not good at overclocking, unlike the 2800+ which could be done easily.

nstocke · 2007-10-26, 05:41

What I'm really looking for is some kind of explanation of why everything else works fine and it is only Media Portal UI that has a problem with the overclocking. I tried similar overclocking on another AMD system with no problem. the other system is a 2600+. Is anyone familiar with what kind of Graphic calls the Media Portal UI makes to draw the UI? Or any suggestions of where to start looking.

Spragleknas · 2007-10-26, 07:33

Off topic, but:

Quote:

the 2500 was not good at overclocking

You are very wrong. The XP2500+ Barton w/o locked multipliers was a very good OC-er.

nstocke: Strange problem. I am clueless... The XP cores was realy power-hungry, esp. when OC-ed. What brand PSU have you got?

2007-10-25, 20:59	#1 (permalink)
nstocke Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Overclocking & User Interface Problem MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 RC3 MediaPortal Skin: Mepo Green Wide & others Windows Version: Windows XP SP2 CPU Type: Amd Athlon 2500+ HDD: Multiple internal & external Memory: 768 m Motherboard: Abit VA10 Video Card: nvidia FX6200 Video Card Driver: Latest just updated 10/15/2007 1. TV Card: Avermedia M150, 2. TV Card: Avermedia 180 Power Supply: 400 W Remote: Girder Based TV: Panasonic Plasma 50" TV - HTPC Connection: DVI to HDMI Cable I've been running Media Portal & Beyond TV for some time without problems. I wanted push my CPU up a little to help with some HDTV content in Beyond TV. If I overclock the CPU at all I start to have problems with the Graphic User Interface in Media Portal. Beyond TV works fine as does everything else I run on the system. The UI gets scrambled. I can see small recognizable warped in shape objects but overall it is unrecognizable. Not sure if this is the best place to post this question. Has anyone else had problems with overclocking and the UI? Last edited by nstocke; 2007-10-25 at 21:01.

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2007-10-26, 05:41	#3 (permalink)
nstocke Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	What I'm really looking for is some kind of explanation of why everything else works fine and it is only Media Portal UI that has a problem with the overclocking. I tried similar overclocking on another AMD system with no problem. the other system is a 2600+. Is anyone familiar with what kind of Graphic calls the Media Portal UI makes to draw the UI? Or any suggestions of where to start looking.