MSI overclock fails

bedazzled · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:33

Just put a rig together using an MSI P67A-GD55 mobo paired with a pentium G620 cpu. I setup the bios to default settings saved and exited, the pc rebooted and is now stuck in a rebboot loop with the following message displayed on screen " overclock failed press F1 to enter setup.

I've pulled the battery and moved the cmos jumper to no avail, also tried with all the drives disconnected and only 1 stick of ram in different slots. I'm getting ready to bin this MSI piece of **** in favour of an Asus board.

RJC · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:35

How are you overclocking the cpu, as I think these cpus can't be overclocked!

(you might want to fully star out the swear word

)

bedazzled · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:51

I know it can't be overclocked I had it set to default speed

Rik1254 · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:52

Yeah they dont overclock much, theyre like the i3's or non K i5/17's.

RJC · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:55

Sorry, re-read and it has sunk in

What BIOS revision are you on, it might be the motherboard needs a BIOS update to fully recognise the cpu.

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD55.html#/?div=BIOS

bedazzled · 26 Jan 2012 at 00:26

how could I update the bios the pc won't even boot long enough to display anything

Rik1254 · 26 Jan 2012 at 00:42

bedazzled said:
how could I update the bios the pc won't even boot long enough to display anything

You'll have to download it onto a usb stick and update from that....most of the msi boards allow it.

xsistor · 26 Jan 2012 at 10:13

Are you planning to upgrade your CPU later on? It seems such a strange choice to pair a GD55 with a lowly Pentium G620