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Think it's dead

Got fed up of it seemingly hitting a wall at 4.4 GHz so lost my temper and decided it would clock higher or I'd kill it in the process, which is whats happened. Only decision now is do I get another 2500k or just a plain 2500 and settle for 3.7 GHz max.
 
did you try the more traditional incremental voltage increases? how is the chip, any signs of physical damage, that sort of thing will be the difference between a successful RMA and a failed one. :)
 
Yes I'd increased the vcore in small increments in the past, it's how I'd gotten it to 4.4GHz. Can't see any physical damage to the chip the contact pads don't look burned or anything. Just wondering if I RMA it and OcUK accept it how long it will take to get the replacment.
 
bedazzled said:
Yes I'd increased the vcore in small increments in the past, it's how I'd gotten it to 4.4GHz. Can't see any physical damage to the chip the contact pads don't look burned or anything. Just wondering if I RMA it and OcUK accept it how long it will take to get the replacment.
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Uhm, probably not the brightest idea to admit what you've done on their forums...

Just a thought.
 
if you dont rma it, send it to me and i will! goodness!

You should honestly test the board and ram somehow. These chips have the IMC and so damaging the RAM is much more likely than it ver has been when overvolting a CPU.
 
bedazzled, have you tried the CPU in your MSI motherboard, which board is it?

I could probally help you get the 2500K CPU to 4.8GHz if it still works and 4.6GHz on Auto Volts using power saving features if it's a similar motherboard to mine.
 
I'm guessing he has tried it on his MSI, he has for sure fried it at 1.6v and most motherboards always add a touch more voltage for good measure to what you type in. Crazy thing to do :rolleyes:.. See where I read 1.35 -1.38v as safe I always minus .05 to .08 then just to add for any motherboard over volting and you also added to it's quick death by enabling LLC to extreme settings. Again I always stick that to its lowest setting when I start overclocking and watch for any droop in Vcore, some motherboards are very good at controlling Vdroop without having to mess with its lowest setting.. Never fried a CPU or Motherboard for over 20 years using this common sense way of overclocking. Sticking Voltages past spec is a sure disaster waiting to happen, as any knowledgeable overclocker knowns 1st rule is Voltage and Heat kills components.
 
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that is like saying who cares that you put pure hydrogen into your car engine and blew up your car, its under warranty so they should replace it, even you the error was quite clearly the users and had nothing to do with a defective product? :rolleyes:
 
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