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Question: will updating BIOS and resetting CMOS by changing the battery wipe my overclockers installed overclock completely?
I bought a ‘Titan Envy Duo DC’ system in August 2014, which has ran faultlessly since the day I got it.
Specs are: i7 4790K @ 4.6GHZ
Asus Sabretooth Z97 Mark2
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB SSD
2 TB storage drive
16GB DDR3 2400Mhz RAM
750W Super Flower PSU ( they updated the systems to 1000W after I bought mine as they were sold as SLI machines ).
I installed Win 7 on mine, then upgraded ( not clean installed ) Win 10 before the free trial ended.
I have also upgraded the GTX 770 4GB to a 1070 6Gb card recently, after the issues started
The issue is that the last couple of months - way after win 10 upgrade and before I upgraded the GPU – the system has become very erratic POSTing. Sometimes it starts fine ( power on, POST & boot ), usually it powers on, doesn’t post. No BIOS, just a black screen. I know there is a signal being received as the screen stays lit. I usually soft reset it from the tower 4 or 5 times, then power off and hard reset until it POSTs. It started out as a few times, it’s now at the point where I seem to taking 5 to 10 minutes to get it working.
So far, I’ve re-seated all bits apart from CPU cooler as it’s a waterblock and I’m a big wuss.
Before I start replacing PSU/SSD, I haven’t ever updated the BIOS ( I’m following the general hardware troubleshooting guide sticky ). So my question is, if I update the BIOS and/or replace the CMOS battery, will it erase the overclock installed at build totally?
Cheers for any help,
Ste
I bought a ‘Titan Envy Duo DC’ system in August 2014, which has ran faultlessly since the day I got it.
Specs are: i7 4790K @ 4.6GHZ
Asus Sabretooth Z97 Mark2
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB SSD
2 TB storage drive
16GB DDR3 2400Mhz RAM
750W Super Flower PSU ( they updated the systems to 1000W after I bought mine as they were sold as SLI machines ).
I installed Win 7 on mine, then upgraded ( not clean installed ) Win 10 before the free trial ended.
I have also upgraded the GTX 770 4GB to a 1070 6Gb card recently, after the issues started
The issue is that the last couple of months - way after win 10 upgrade and before I upgraded the GPU – the system has become very erratic POSTing. Sometimes it starts fine ( power on, POST & boot ), usually it powers on, doesn’t post. No BIOS, just a black screen. I know there is a signal being received as the screen stays lit. I usually soft reset it from the tower 4 or 5 times, then power off and hard reset until it POSTs. It started out as a few times, it’s now at the point where I seem to taking 5 to 10 minutes to get it working.
So far, I’ve re-seated all bits apart from CPU cooler as it’s a waterblock and I’m a big wuss.
Before I start replacing PSU/SSD, I haven’t ever updated the BIOS ( I’m following the general hardware troubleshooting guide sticky ). So my question is, if I update the BIOS and/or replace the CMOS battery, will it erase the overclock installed at build totally?
Cheers for any help,
Ste
