MSI OC Genie... don't use it. That is all.

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OK, so I've been having issues with my overclock for a while now... and all the evidence is pointing at MSI's OC Genie. Random freezes, even at idle.

Then the other day I noticed that it was running my RAM at 1.66V, when the XMP value (which it was running at) is a max of 1.5V on my RAM. That REALLY annoyed me. OC Genie was blatantly ignoring the XMP Profile RAM voltage.

Now to make it worse.. there's a little note on the side of the screen saying don't run more than 1.65V.. and it it was running 1.66V's. LOL. Ok, variances and all that.. but that just took the biscuit.

So.. turned off OC Genie.. put ram to 1.5V... ran at stock. No issues. Ran at the same overclock in manual mode EVEN WITH EIST/C1E/Speedstep etc enabled... result: Perfectly stable. No random freezes at desktop/idle etc.

NoW perhaps it's just been a lucky week? I don't think so... I think OC Genie is trying to do too much, when it should really be playing it safe.. which -especially with the RAM- it is blatantly not.

If you're running OC Genie.. just do yourself a favour.. and check your settings.
 
OC Genie is just supposed to be a quick, simple 4.2GHz OC for people who don't know how to overclock, most people should be doing things manually.
 
Broken Hope said:
OC Genie is just supposed to be a quick, simple 4.2GHz OC for people who don't know how to overclock, most people should be doing things manually.
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Honestly.. it was quick, easy and it has been peeing me off for months, I just hadn't realised it was OC Genie.

I have been running various bios's including the latest Beta versions as they help sort out some other O/C'ing issues (maximum multiplier and maximum power draw + mouse problems in the bios).

And a special note... I couldn't actually alter the memory voltage AT ALL when genie was on. I'd set it.. but then it would return it to 1.66V on the next boot.

BTW: I do normally overclock manually.. this was the first time I'd let Genie do it. I'd actually changed bios's and then I let Genie do it instead of me manually redoing it, as I couldn't be bothered at the time, and then I forgot about it. Several BIOS updates later.. it was still problematic. It even failed a memory test when overclocked before I tried to flash a bios!!! (It passed when I reset to stock before flashing the bios) That actually worried me. I have since retested, and it's all fine. I really think it's putting something (like the memory) way out of spec.
 
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Broken Hope said:
OC Genie is just supposed to be a quick, simple 4.2GHz OC for people who don't know how to overclock, most people should be doing things manually.
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Still, it shouldn't be causing problems should it? You'd expect one of these things to actually stick to recommended voltages and such. I'm mean if it overclocked the chip to 4.2GHz and used a VCore of 1.5v, you wouldn't just explain it as as a quick and simple OC for people who don't know how to do it manually.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Still, it shouldn't be causing problems should it? You'd expect one of these things to actually stick to recommended voltages and such. I'm mean if it overclocked the chip to 4.2GHz and used a VCore of 1.5v, you wouldn't just explain it as as a quick and simple OC for people who don't know how to do it manually.
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Oi! Get back to your 670's and Ivybridge chip you!
 
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