Z77 Maximus Gene Safe Mode?

Jay85 · 6 Nov 2012 at 21:33

How do i get into safe mode with this board?

When i press F8 during reboot it goes into a menu which basically asks me which drive do i want to use to boot but no safe mode option :confused:

Help!

Thanks

Jay85 · 6 Nov 2012 at 22:13

I've worked it out, can a admin close this please

Thanks!

Jay85 · 7 Nov 2012 at 21:34

F8 doesn't work, it opens up ROG boot menu but doesn't allow for safe mode. The only way i figured it would work is to go into msconfig and set safe mode there then restart. After you've done what you needed to do go back into msconfig and disable safe mode and restart to get back into normal windows mode

Jay85 · 7 Nov 2012 at 21:34

hyperst said:
Well, why not share what you worked out in case others have the same issue

Whats your overclock settings for 4.5ghz?

Jay85 · 7 Nov 2012 at 22:02

Nice! what are your voltages like?

I'm currently using the same board as you but sat at 4.6ghz using manual voltage.

Jay85 · 8 Nov 2012 at 01:38

hyperst said:
The BIOS gives CPU 1.320, never crash's in anything I do so I am happy with that and no real need to tinker, why fix what ain't broken

What volts you got for 4.6?

I'm upto 1.35v for 4.6 at the moment with a high LLC. I've lowered my CPU PLL voltage as well to lower temps abit and it's been working fine. 70c on load now while gaming so im happy

I tried 4.7ghz but it's too unstable i think, i can bench 3dmark11 sometimes but often crashes when it gets to the final test. Doesn't crash in prime95 mind you but for some reason it just doesn't like being benched. It passed intel burn test as well lol.

With 4.7ghz i have to use a voltage of around 1.36 or above while trying to maintain a high LLC but i still think its unstable so may have to use ultra high (75%)

Jay85 · 8 Nov 2012 at 02:29

hyperst said:
I had it at 4.6 on 1.320v for 2 weeks, it blue screened on me so I just dropped back to 4.5, 4.5 seems to be the sweet spot for temps with ivy unless you get into delidding, to which I cannot afford to do

Did you stress test the cpu prior to having it as a 24/7 overclock?

for me im on watercooling so i dont notice high temps as much, but i noticed the temperature difference between 4.5 and 4.6.. where there isn't any if im honest lol. Might have something to do with the very little voltage i've added on though.