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Hello All,
I am new to the forum and a relatively uneducated in the ways of computer overclocking and troubleshooting. I know just enough to get in trouble, which apparently I have, or maybe I am just not looking in the correct place.
I am trying to experiment with adding more overclock to my current system. This system was purchased from IBUYPOWER 2 years ago and the basic specs are as follows:
i5-3570k(initially overclocked to 4100Mhz from IBUYPOWER)
mobo - ASUS P8z77-v lk (BIOS 0908)
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8gb-2 sticks of 4gb 1600mhz
video card - Nvidia GTX 660 2gb.
I am having issues with what BIOS is showing and what is showing on CPU-Z. Every time I input and save a new multiplier, after reboot to Windows, CPU-Z, Real Temp, Open Hardware Monitor, and Core Temp all show 4600MHz. I had previous tried this level, but got some high temps in the 70s during FSX, and while playing with vcore volts got some BSODs.
The last BSOD was when, for giggles, I downloaded and ran Prime 95 to see what would happen.(before this I was using ASUS ROG RealBench and Cinebench to test stability). Well within a matter of seconds, BSOD came up with 0xD1 which according to what I found on this site as meaning "QPI/VTT, increase/decrease as necessary, can also be unstable RAM, raise RAM voltage". I also got "Chdrvr01.sys" with some code. This happened with 4600 showing in CPU-Z and 1.265 volts.
Again all I have messed with is freq. multiplier and voltage. I even tried loading the BIOS profile that was saved by the IBUYPOWER tech when they built and overclocked the computer. Same results after reboot. 4600MHz doesn't want to go away by just changing numbers in the BIOS, saving, and exiting.
On the other hand, I have also downloaded the ASUS AI Suite II that came on disk with the computer. Using this utility, I am able to change freqs and volts and they do show up in all the sensor programs listed above. But according to the ASUS inst. booklet, these settings do not save to BIOS after shutdown. So for now, when I turn on the computer and log in, I have to go to the AI Suite icon in the system tray, open it up and set the parameters I want and click apply.
So what do I do to get rid of the ever-present 4600 MHz on boot up? Do I need a BIOS update to fix this? Have read/heard this can be risky. Could I just try reloading optimized defaults using the BIOS? Looking forward to any and all ideas. I would like to try the Overclock Guide by Swag posted back in 8/8/12 on this forum.
Cheers,
Jerry
Postscript: This evening used AI Suite II to set 4200 MHz and vcore 1.265, and fired up FSX and flew for over an hour no problems(temps ranged from high 50s to mid-60s). Restarted the computer and entered BIOS. 46 was showing in the multiplier. I never typed that in???
I am new to the forum and a relatively uneducated in the ways of computer overclocking and troubleshooting. I know just enough to get in trouble, which apparently I have, or maybe I am just not looking in the correct place.
I am trying to experiment with adding more overclock to my current system. This system was purchased from IBUYPOWER 2 years ago and the basic specs are as follows:
i5-3570k(initially overclocked to 4100Mhz from IBUYPOWER)
mobo - ASUS P8z77-v lk (BIOS 0908)
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8gb-2 sticks of 4gb 1600mhz
video card - Nvidia GTX 660 2gb.
I am having issues with what BIOS is showing and what is showing on CPU-Z. Every time I input and save a new multiplier, after reboot to Windows, CPU-Z, Real Temp, Open Hardware Monitor, and Core Temp all show 4600MHz. I had previous tried this level, but got some high temps in the 70s during FSX, and while playing with vcore volts got some BSODs.
The last BSOD was when, for giggles, I downloaded and ran Prime 95 to see what would happen.(before this I was using ASUS ROG RealBench and Cinebench to test stability). Well within a matter of seconds, BSOD came up with 0xD1 which according to what I found on this site as meaning "QPI/VTT, increase/decrease as necessary, can also be unstable RAM, raise RAM voltage". I also got "Chdrvr01.sys" with some code. This happened with 4600 showing in CPU-Z and 1.265 volts.
Again all I have messed with is freq. multiplier and voltage. I even tried loading the BIOS profile that was saved by the IBUYPOWER tech when they built and overclocked the computer. Same results after reboot. 4600MHz doesn't want to go away by just changing numbers in the BIOS, saving, and exiting.
On the other hand, I have also downloaded the ASUS AI Suite II that came on disk with the computer. Using this utility, I am able to change freqs and volts and they do show up in all the sensor programs listed above. But according to the ASUS inst. booklet, these settings do not save to BIOS after shutdown. So for now, when I turn on the computer and log in, I have to go to the AI Suite icon in the system tray, open it up and set the parameters I want and click apply.
So what do I do to get rid of the ever-present 4600 MHz on boot up? Do I need a BIOS update to fix this? Have read/heard this can be risky. Could I just try reloading optimized defaults using the BIOS? Looking forward to any and all ideas. I would like to try the Overclock Guide by Swag posted back in 8/8/12 on this forum.
Cheers,
Jerry
Postscript: This evening used AI Suite II to set 4200 MHz and vcore 1.265, and fired up FSX and flew for over an hour no problems(temps ranged from high 50s to mid-60s). Restarted the computer and entered BIOS. 46 was showing in the multiplier. I never typed that in???