Overclocking CPU ratio settings resetting

Minarva · 3 Jul 2015 at 03:00

Hi there,

I've recently bought an asus x99-pro and a 5820k. All is lovely except when I try to apply an overclock it just completely forgets my settings (and yes I do click change settings). This applies mainly to the CPU ratio setting, most of the other stuff in the BIOS is happily changeable. I have XMP enabled to the 3000Mhz profile which gives me a 29 multiplier and 125 strap, and even trying to change it to 30 is forgotten. Am I doing something obviously wrong?

Thanks for any help!

PS. I also have the latest BIOS from ASUS which I have flashed on.

Minarva · 3 Jul 2015 at 09:31

I'm not sure I quite get it. I know that the bclk is 125 and that's that, I'm just more wanting to know why I can't then change my multiplier afterwards? I thought cpu and ram multipliers are separate - otherwise if you enable xmp you can't overclock anymore?

Minarva · 3 Jul 2015 at 10:11

Hi, thanks for the replies. The point I'm trying to get across is any time I even attempt to touch CPU ratio settings (or even change from XMP mode to fully manual only) and try to save and reset, it will not save. E.g. XMP sets me to 29 cpu ratio and 125 BCLK - I try to change it to 30 (with a voltage of 1.3V which is already saved) which is as minor as it gets. When I save settings and restart it will be back to 29.

Minarva · 3 Jul 2015 at 11:05

I tried to reset again and go from there and got a bd q-code. Not much info on the web about this - seems memory related, any clues?

Edit: I've also tried increasing system agent voltage incrementally up to 1.3V.