Overclock.. gone!

MallowPhoto · 10 Mar 2011 at 11:57

Not entirely sure if this is the right forum, if not, my apologies.

Just had an odd issue. Had previously Oc'ed, completely stable, no previous issues. I restarted the PC, due to an iTunes problem of all things, and it failed POST, restarted itself a second time, and all is fine, except its wiped all my OC settings from the BIOS and reset to stock. Obviously I can do it again, but anyone have any idea what caused this issue? My specs are in my sig.

Again, sorry if wrong forum!

weird_dave · 10 Mar 2011 at 12:37

Some deliberately default the BIOS settings after a failed post, which is no bad thing

MallowPhoto · 10 Mar 2011 at 20:52

Makes sense. I'll risk it and try an OC again, see if I can figure out whats wrong.

And thanks for that!

RJC · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:00

Mine has done that on the odd occasion, redo the Overclock and you should hopefully be fine.

weird_dave · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:43

doesn't the mobo have an option to store bios settings to a profile?

joxang · 11 Mar 2011 at 13:47

weird_dave said:
doesn't the mobo have an option to store bios settings to a profile?

Yep, you should save your various working OC settings to bios profiles. That way it's a quick 1 minute restore, or if you want to change what speed you're running at.

MallowPhoto · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:47

Still having this problem. Its only if i hit 'restart' that the PC fails post and the OC settings are removed. Makes it a real pain when installing drivers etc does automatic restart. If i 'shutdown' and turn back on again, everything is fine. Restart is def the issue.

Any ideas?

weird_dave · 7 Jun 2011 at 12:48

Does it reboot ok at stock?

ewarwoowar · 7 Jun 2011 at 12:51

Chips tend to start losing their highest overclock over time.
Your CPU could just be getting on and can't handle what you had it at before, sadly it happens. Try something a little lower

rpwarwood · 7 Jun 2011 at 15:09

My e6600 has also recently been doing a similar thing...

Its only failed post very occasionally (and like you, only during a soft-reset), but has BSOD'd a few times whilst playing older 3D games at highish settings as well. Lowered the vcore and the overclock on it and it seems to be working fine now, except the frequency is out of sync with my memory, which is operating well under its capabilities... I'm looking at an upgrade, but considering holding out until the ivy bridge arrives.

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No surprise given its nearly 3 years old and has been running at 40degrees idle for most of its life and over 60 on load (i think i had a duff heatsink/processor/sensor).