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i need some serious help..did i fry my amdfx8320? please help fast

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December 24, 2013 5:03:09 PM

okay..so basically i was overclocking..and it was going just fine..got my AMD fx8320 up to 4.4 ghz on auto (stock) voltage..everything was going well..my temps were at like 45 degrees c max at load..so I decided that I could probably get a little more out of it..if i decided to up my voltage..

basically i went into voltage..switched the setting from auto to manual..and u know how It had the + sign? I thought the number that you entered there was the new voltage. But now I'm thinking that It's the voltage that was added to the original voltage..
basically Under the plus sign..I entered 1.330v, where the original was like 1.285v.. I thought I was going slow, doing it how I was told to do it..but now the computer wont start..It will load the bios screen, even making a beeping sound indicating the motherboard at least appears to be functional still...but It freezes upon the initial bios screen..keyboard wont work, and i cant get into bios..I basically cant get past that initial screen..

so what can i do? Is there anything I can do? Did I seriously add 1.330 v to my voltage for a total of 2.615v? I thought 1.330v was my new voltage, Is that actually the case? Or did i actually add 1.330v...anyways, the computer now wont start..an amazingly fast computer that destroyed everything you threw at it...and now it wont start, freezes on bios screen, cant get into bios..and i don't know what to do...Please tell me what I can do, or what might've happened..I only got this processor 3 weeks ago, and i have 7 days to bring it back..will they take it back if its fried?
I am so pissed off right now...

specs are as follows..

AMD FX 8320 8 Core Processor
ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0 ATX AM3+ 990X Motherboard
8gb gskill sniper ram
kingston 128 gb ssd
evga geforce 570 gtx
corsair 650w 80 gold

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a b K Overclocking
December 24, 2013 5:15:11 PM

Well, I don't know what you did to your voltage, but the beep from the motherboard indicates a fatal problem.
Look up the beep code in your motherboard manual. (I'm suspect it will indicate CPU)
If you can return the processor, do it. But they may say that you damaged it yourself on purpose.
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December 24, 2013 5:19:18 PM

actually..the beep from the motherboard at startup is normal..and it was like that from the moment i got it hooked up.. It's the good kind, not the bad kind..
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a b K Overclocking
December 24, 2013 5:27:48 PM

Well, I can't say anything about your voltage, just because I don't have experience with that particular board - my MSI works through setting a custom voltage (not incremental), but Asus might be different. I do know that on the Asus boards I've worked with, there were safeguards to prevent you from accidentally dumping a fatal amount of voltage into the CPU - they could be bypassed, but it did warn you first. Again, this might be different than the board you have, though. I'll wait for someone with some firsthand experience to pass through here and say what they think.

On every board I've ever used, one short beep means POST-Okay, which wouldn't be the case if you did fry your CPU. It sounds like it's still alright in there. Have you reset your CMOS yet? If not, I'd say that's your easy fix - the voltage was likely too high to boot, and it will keep trying to reboot using that same voltage/bad setting until the CMOS is cleared and all settings are reset. Your manual will help you with that. :) 
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a b K Overclocking
December 24, 2013 5:29:41 PM

Yes, one single beep means POST testing passed. CPU may still be A-OK.

Dig out the manual and find out what you need to do to reset the BOIS to default settings (clear the CMOS). There might be some settings still hanging around that need to be reset. Might even be worth updating the bios to latest version too.
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December 24, 2013 6:25:25 PM

someguynamedmatt said:
Well, I can't say anything about your voltage, just because I don't have experience with that particular board - my MSI works through setting a custom voltage (not incremental), but Asus might be different. I do know that on the Asus boards I've worked with, there were safeguards to prevent you from accidentally dumping a fatal amount of voltage into the CPU - they could be bypassed, but it did warn you first. Again, this might be different than the board you have, though. I'll wait for someone with some firsthand experience to pass through here and say what they think.

On every board I've ever used, one short beep means POST-Okay, which wouldn't be the case if you did fry your CPU. It sounds like it's still alright in there. Have you reset your CMOS yet? If not, I'd say that's your easy fix - the voltage was likely too high to boot, and it will keep trying to reboot using that same voltage/bad setting until the CMOS is cleared and all settings are reset. Your manual will help you with that. :) 


Yeah. Was kind of weird.. I mean, i changed the setting to manual voltage..and it had a + symbol..and underneath I entered the voltage as 1.330v ..thinking I was only altering it by 0.05..but instead might have added it to the original voltage of 1.275..seems like there should have been a warning mechanism or something to let me know It could be a fatal error..especially considering It's a legit board with a boat load of features.

Well that's excellent to hear that It might be okay..are you sure the beep doesn't just mean that the Motherboard is okay? I mean, It does actually show the bios screen, saying hit DEL or f2 to enter bios..but after that it just freezes and I cant do anything. Unfortunately, I haven't got the motherboard box from the computer shop that put it together yet..and I wont be able to do it until probably after christmas..any way I could figure out how to reset the bios without the manual? thanks for the input guys, you calmed my nerves a bit..I'm hoping and praying that it's still okay..It's a very overclock friendly board, same with the AMD fx8320.. so I'm hoping that's what might have saved me here..or maybe It's just more than my current power supply can handle? so it freezes..not sure, but I'm praying that it's still okay..

The beep at the beginning before the initial bios screen was actually the same from the moment I got the computer..
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December 24, 2013 6:28:30 PM

thanks so much for the comments. I'm new to post here, but I always read this site. Always very helpful. I feel like I know a fair bit about computers at least compared to most people I know, but whenever I come here..the level of knowledge is very humbling, and makes me realize how little I actually know. :p 
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a b K Overclocking
December 24, 2013 7:36:10 PM

Shouldn't be too hard to find - it's probably a 3-pin jumper somewhere on the motherboard if there isn't a reset button. I'll go see if I can't figure out where it's at on your model. Don't think it should take too long - I'll update this when I find it for ya. One way to do it (at least as long as Asus didn't do something to circumvent this) is to unplug the system, pull the small battery cell from the motherboard, and hold down the system power button for a few seconds - this drains basically all power out of anything, which consequently resets the memory that would normally be sustained by the small watch battery. Unfortunately, it looks like that battery is under your graphics card, which would be a bit of a pain to take out... it would be a lot easier to find that jumper, wouldn't it.

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I'm just going by what pictures I can find - it looks like your jumper's in the lower right corner of the board. It's a 3-pin header; you'll want to pull the jumper from pins 1 and 2, and put it onto pins 2 and 3 just for a couple seconds or so; after that, put it back onto 1 and 2. Don't be surprised if the system starts when you do this - a lot of them will do that. You'll have to reset all your settings (date, time, RAID... I hope you didn't have a RAID array) after this, as it literally just clears everything back to default. The jumper should be marked CLRTC.

Time and experience make all the difference... after reading thousands upon thousands of threads, you hear just about everything around here. It's a good way to figure out what you don't actually know. :)  Every single one of us have been in the same position at one time - I've blown out so many pieces of hardware that I've lost count. It's all part of the fun, if you could call it that.
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December 25, 2013 1:56:46 PM

someguynamedmatt said:
Shouldn't be too hard to find - it's probably a 3-pin jumper somewhere on the motherboard if there isn't a reset button. I'll go see if I can't figure out where it's at on your model. Don't think it should take too long - I'll update this when I find it for ya. One way to do it (at least as long as Asus didn't do something to circumvent this) is to unplug the system, pull the small battery cell from the motherboard, and hold down the system power button for a few seconds - this drains basically all power out of anything, which consequently resets the memory that would normally be sustained by the small watch battery. Unfortunately, it looks like that battery is under your graphics card, which would be a bit of a pain to take out... it would be a lot easier to find that jumper, wouldn't it.

Update:
I'm just going by what pictures I can find - it looks like your jumper's in the lower right corner of the board. It's a 3-pin header; you'll want to pull the jumper from pins 1 and 2, and put it onto pins 2 and 3 just for a couple seconds or so; after that, put it back onto 1 and 2. Don't be surprised if the system starts when you do this - a lot of them will do that. You'll have to reset all your settings (date, time, RAID... I hope you didn't have a RAID array) after this, as it literally just clears everything back to default. The jumper should be marked CLRTC.

Time and experience make all the difference... after reading thousands upon thousands of threads, you hear just about everything around here. It's a good way to figure out what you don't actually know. :)  Every single one of us have been in the same position at one time - I've blown out so many pieces of hardware that I've lost count. It's all part of the fun, if you could call it that.


I'm still unsure about this.. I did also find instructions for how to reset bios..but I'm not sure where this jumper is.. I mean, I know It's in the bottom right corner of the board..but is there any indication as to what It actually looks like? I don't really feel confident enough to mess with it until I know exactly what It is I'm looking at.. Ugh..I'm so hopeless.
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January 18, 2014 6:25:05 AM

Take out the CMOS battery and put it back in after 30 seconds.
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