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709zzy

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Hi Guys,

I am using FX 8350 with m5a97 evo2 motherboard.
For some reason, there is just no option to overclock in my bios.
There is no AI Tweaker or something like that in the menus.

Is bios my only way to overclock?? If I want to overclock my 8350, what other methods do I have?
I got a noctua heat sink, so the temperature shouldn't be a problem.
 
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Originally Posted by 709zzy View Post

Hi Guys,

I am using FX 8350 with m5a97 evo2 motherboard.
For some reason, there is just no option to overclock in my bios.
There is no AI Tweaker or something like that in the menus.

Is bios my only way to overclock?? If I want to overclock my 8350, what other methods do I have?
I got a noctua heat sink, so the temperature shouldn't be a problem.
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Click "Exit/Advanced" mode on the top-right corner.

Click the option to switch to Advanced Mode.

Faster alternative: Press F7, or click "Advanced Mode" at the bottom.

Go to the Boot tab.

Click "Setup Mode"

Choose "Advanced Mode"

Press F10 to save and exit

Go back into the BIOS

Go into the AI Tweaker and overclock.

I learned this from the manual, so this is as far as I can go. I don't know AMD overclocking.
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
Yeah, I have always been using the Advanced Mode which doesn't have AI Tweaker.
Making the BIOS boot up into Advanced Mode just skips the EZ Mode page which I always skip manually anyway.
 
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Originally Posted by 709zzy View Post

Yeah, I have always been using the Advanced Mode which doesn't have AI Tweaker.
Making the BIOS boot up into Advanced Mode just skips the EZ Mode page which I always skip manually anyway.
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So why have it go to EZ Mode first? lol :)

Anyway, I don't know what to tell you then.
 
Discussion starter · #5 ·
Oh its because EZ mode has 3 giant preset buttons that does some weird stuff such as normal mode, asus optimal mode, etc...
I don't know what exactly those buttons do, but I thought I might use them so I never set the option to skip that page.
Thanks for trying to help though. Maybe my motherboard just doesn't allow overclocking.
 
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Oh its because EZ mode has 3 giant preset buttons that does some weird stuff such as normal mode, asus optimal mode, etc...
I don't know what exactly those buttons do, but I thought I might use them so I never set the option to skip that page.
Thanks for trying to help though. Maybe my motherboard just doesn't allow overclocking.
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No, the manual shows an Ai Tweaker tab. Did you click one of those 3 buttons?
 
Discussion starter · #7 ·
There is no tab on EZ mode page.
The 3 big buttons are silent, normal, and optimal.
One has a snow flake, one is blue, one has a fire symbol.
Trust me, I have searched everywhere in my BIOS, there is no AI Tweaker.
 
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Originally Posted by 709zzy View Post

There is no tab on EZ mode page.
The 3 big buttons are silent, normal, and optimal.
One has a snow flake, one is blue, one has a fire symbol.
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lol dude, I know that. I have an ASUS motherboard with their UEFI too (besides, and again, I downloaded your motherboard's manual and I'm looking at it right now). I never told you to look in EZ Mode for it.

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Originally Posted by 709zzy View Post

Trust me, I have searched everywhere in my BIOS, there is no AI Tweaker.
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Ok, so you don't see one in Advanced Mode? You see no Ai Tweaker there?
 
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@709zzy: Do you have the manual for your motherboard? If so, look at section 3.2.1 and see the picture of EZ mode. Click the Exit/Advanced Mode at the top right hand corner. It will open a menu to select Advanced Mode. Select that and then Advanced Mode will open. This is what TwoCables has already suggested. As mentioned you can set up the BIOS to boot directly to the Advanced Mode but l let it boot to EZ 'cause sometime I can do what I need there without using the Advanced Mode.

In section 3.2.2 of the manual you will see the picture of Advanced Mode. Across the top is the menu bar with the headings: Main, Ai Tweaker, Advanced, Monitor, Boot, Tool. If you click on Ai Tweaker it will open for you. Trust me, I also have an Asus MB and it has the same exact stuff. The three big buttons on the EZ page are presets for Power Saving Mode, Normal Mode, and Optimal Mode.

If you don't have the manual you can go to the Asus website and download a copy for your motherboard model as I just did. Remember to overclock at your own risk.
 
Discussion starter · #10 ·
Yeah, I see other people have AI Tweaker tab between the main tab and the advanced tab, but I don't have it.
Mine is just Main tab, Advanced tab, and monitor tab. But the CPU config in Advanced tab only let me enable or disable some of the Power saving features, I can't change voltage anywhere.
 
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What is under the advanced tab? jesus i havent seen this bios since i built my htpc lol. Where is the ai tweaker... the
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Yeah, its a retail office desktop computer.
I just sort of stuffed everything inside the small space.
This is what it looks like under the lid lol:

A3cSg9I.jpg
 
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Are we all talking about the same motherboard model? What does the model number say next to the 12:21? It doesn't look like enough text to say M5A97 EVO2. The picture is too small for me to read it.
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The eManual probably displays a different CPU in the sample picture.
Mine is definitely M5A97 EVO2, I read that off the motherboard a few months ago.
 
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