- Nov 26, 2013
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I am rather new to the world over overclocking, however I started overclocking my i5 3570k a couple weeks ago. I have a Asus P8Z77-V LK mobo. I was able to overclock it and went through the usual crashes and BSODs as I tried to find stable settings for my CPU. Eventually I was able to overclock it stable at 4.4Ghz with relatively cool temps. I thoroughly tested it using Prime 95 and didn't experience any problems. I made sure to save my settings in the Asus BIOS profile saving thingy. So everything was going great until recently.
A nasty storm was forecasted to hit my area later in the evening, and my neighborhood often experiences power fluctuations and outages during storms (mainly from trees and powerlines interacting). I decided I did not want to take any chances, so I shut down my computer through Windows and unplugged the power supply so there was no chance at all of a power surge affecting it at all. Turns out we did have a power outage and I was glad to have turned off my computer.
The problems started when I booted it up the next day. I noticed considerably lower temperatures in RealTemp when it started automatically, which, while not a problem, was an anomaly. I checked and noticed the CPU multiplier shown in RealTemp had returned to the default 34 instead of overclocking with a multiplier of 44. I opened up CPU-Z just to be sure but it just confirmed what I already knew. However, when I restarted and looked at the BIOS, all the settings were the same as before. No matter what I do in the BIOS it doesn't seem to impact anything. I have tried reloading the saved config with no success. I also tried resetting the BIOS and starting over, but the multiplier won't go above 34 when I actually boot up. I flashed the BIOS and updated it to version 1301, but nothing has changed. So in the BIOS everything is good and normal and looks like it should overclock, but when it boots up, it is as if it is just set to default settings.
Sorry for the wall of text, but I am really confused and frustrated with this and want to get it solved. I appreciate any feedback or suggestions that you have to offer. Thanks for taking the time to read and help me out.
-southpaw12auto
A nasty storm was forecasted to hit my area later in the evening, and my neighborhood often experiences power fluctuations and outages during storms (mainly from trees and powerlines interacting). I decided I did not want to take any chances, so I shut down my computer through Windows and unplugged the power supply so there was no chance at all of a power surge affecting it at all. Turns out we did have a power outage and I was glad to have turned off my computer.
The problems started when I booted it up the next day. I noticed considerably lower temperatures in RealTemp when it started automatically, which, while not a problem, was an anomaly. I checked and noticed the CPU multiplier shown in RealTemp had returned to the default 34 instead of overclocking with a multiplier of 44. I opened up CPU-Z just to be sure but it just confirmed what I already knew. However, when I restarted and looked at the BIOS, all the settings were the same as before. No matter what I do in the BIOS it doesn't seem to impact anything. I have tried reloading the saved config with no success. I also tried resetting the BIOS and starting over, but the multiplier won't go above 34 when I actually boot up. I flashed the BIOS and updated it to version 1301, but nothing has changed. So in the BIOS everything is good and normal and looks like it should overclock, but when it boots up, it is as if it is just set to default settings.
Sorry for the wall of text, but I am really confused and frustrated with this and want to get it solved. I appreciate any feedback or suggestions that you have to offer. Thanks for taking the time to read and help me out.
-southpaw12auto
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