Strange problem after overclocking

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 12:51

A few months ago i overclocked my phenom. now everytime i boot up my computer from cold the overclock settings dont take affect and the cpu runs at a higher voltage; i think have to restart my computer in order to maintain my 3.9ghz overclocked speed and voltage.

Any ideas?

currob · 25 Jan 2013 at 12:55

Did you overclock using BIOS or software? What are you using to measure vcore and frequencies?

HecFam · 25 Jan 2013 at 12:57

I have a Phenom II x4 960T, mine sometimes does this using my Asrock board.

If it set it to an overclock, say 4.0GHz usually the computer will turn off and reboot at 4.0. sometimes it doesn't reboot and just goes straight past the bios and it will be at the stock 3.0GHz with the same high voltage.

I found the best way with mine was after i set the overclock I turn off the computer, turn off the PSU then hold the power button for 10 Seconds. Then boot the computer in the normal way, check that it has taken effect in the bios then continue into the windows boot.

That works for me to keep my overclock, it may be worth a try for you to change your overclock slightly and see if this takes any effect.

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:12

mine also is a 960t..

I use some amd software, forgot what its called and yes i used the BIOS

Thanks for the reply

HecFam · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:13

are you unlocking to 6 cores by any chance?

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:14

no, that didnt work for me

HecFam · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:17

hmm, My overclock muffs up a bit if i set the overclock in the bios and unlock at the same time.

It is a lot happier when i do things one at a time, overclock, reboot, unlock, reboot. I don't think it would be a bad idea to reset the bios and then readjust the overclock to what it was.

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:19

when i tried to unlock 6 cores it F*ucked up royally

currob · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:19

I would use cpuz for checking frequency and vcore, other software can be very inaccurate - open hardware monitor reported my cpu frequency as over 7GHz the other day. So are you losing your settings in BIOS when this problem happens and needing to restore them in BIOS each time?

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:22

nope i dont have to touch the bios.. just restart my machine.... maybe your correct

currob · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:25

Ah, was just thinking along the lines of dead cmos battery but if BIOS settings are ok then I'm out of ideas

matyyy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:34

its probs just my software not doing what it should be, if my voltage is set at 1.3v on my bios.. it surly cant randomly boot up at 1.5v