PC Specs:
Gigabyte a55 motherboard with UEFI DualBIOS
Althon A7 (or was it A5?) 2.7 Ghz overclocked to 3.4 Ghz setting (x27 to x34 clock multiplier)
ATI HD Radeon HD6450
8 GB RAM
UEFI DualBIOS
The other day the PC froze after running Dolphin emulator (which bottleneck is CPU) for many hours. I've had the computer for many months now and this is the first time this has happened.
When I booted the PC back up, the CPU Clock Ratio is locked at 27. I get the following error:
"The system has experienced a boot failure possibly due to incorrect configuration. Previous settings in BIOS may not be compatible with current hardware state".
I'm prompted to load "BIOS optimal defaults" and chose not to, and continue to boot windows and there's no issue. I note the processor is now clocked at 2.7 Ghz.
When I shutdown the PC and go back into the bios, the existing 3.4 Ghz option is still shown on the right, but I can't change the setting, and the current value on the left column is 2.7 Ghz (processor default). After booting up a few more times, I noticed the 3.4 Ghz value is no longer there on the right (both are 2.7 Ghz).
I noticed that on information to the right it says you can only change the CPU Clock Ratio if the "CPU Ratio is unlocked".
However, there is no setting in the BIOS to do this.
I contacted the guy who I bought the PC from, and he mentioned there was no such setting.
I suspect a flag got set in the BIOS that disables overclocking when that PC freeze and fault occurred and then subsequent bootup. I hadn't noted any particularly high operating temperatures (there's quite a large heatsink and fan to keep stable operation at 3.4 Ghz).
How do I re-enable over-clocking with this BIOS?
Thanks!
Matt
Gigabyte a55 motherboard with UEFI DualBIOS
Althon A7 (or was it A5?) 2.7 Ghz overclocked to 3.4 Ghz setting (x27 to x34 clock multiplier)
ATI HD Radeon HD6450
8 GB RAM
UEFI DualBIOS
The other day the PC froze after running Dolphin emulator (which bottleneck is CPU) for many hours. I've had the computer for many months now and this is the first time this has happened.
When I booted the PC back up, the CPU Clock Ratio is locked at 27. I get the following error:
"The system has experienced a boot failure possibly due to incorrect configuration. Previous settings in BIOS may not be compatible with current hardware state".
I'm prompted to load "BIOS optimal defaults" and chose not to, and continue to boot windows and there's no issue. I note the processor is now clocked at 2.7 Ghz.
When I shutdown the PC and go back into the bios, the existing 3.4 Ghz option is still shown on the right, but I can't change the setting, and the current value on the left column is 2.7 Ghz (processor default). After booting up a few more times, I noticed the 3.4 Ghz value is no longer there on the right (both are 2.7 Ghz).
I noticed that on information to the right it says you can only change the CPU Clock Ratio if the "CPU Ratio is unlocked".
However, there is no setting in the BIOS to do this.
I contacted the guy who I bought the PC from, and he mentioned there was no such setting.
I suspect a flag got set in the BIOS that disables overclocking when that PC freeze and fault occurred and then subsequent bootup. I hadn't noted any particularly high operating temperatures (there's quite a large heatsink and fan to keep stable operation at 3.4 Ghz).
How do I re-enable over-clocking with this BIOS?
Thanks!
Matt
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