BSOD after returning to stock?

svrandom56 · May 26, 2014

Okay so I purchased an i5 4670k and an Asrock Z87 Extreme4 and I tried to OC it to 4.4 GHz. When I tried to run a game the OS BSOD'd and I later tried to disable the OC settings in the BIOS. But after I disabled the overclock, I got a BSOD after trying to run something on Dolphin. I don't know what to do...

ThatVietGuy · May 26, 2014

How did you try to get rid of the OC - did you go into the BIOS and change the settings back to normal or did you reset the CMOS completely? If not the latter, try pulling the CMOS battery and resetting the BIOS.

svrandom56 · May 26, 2014

I'm not too familiar with CMOS. I don't really know what that is.

ThatVietGuy · May 26, 2014

If you look on your motherboard, there should be a silver disk on the motherboard - this is the CMOS battery. Turn off the computer and flip the switch on the PSU (to turn it off) and pull out the battery and wait for 10-20 seconds. Put the CMOS battery back in and turn the computer back on. Your motherboard will have returned to stock configuration and may solve your problem.

svrandom56 · May 26, 2014

Would it be any different if I were reset from within the BIOS? Back to all default settings? Is it better to reset the CMOS from the actual battery?

ThatVietGuy · May 26, 2014

Pulling the CMOS battery is more definitive since it can be done without having access to the BIOS (which I realize isn't your problem).

svrandom56 · May 26, 2014

Thank you! I just hope this works so I can play my games and run apps without crashing again. I'll stay away from OCing until I do all the needed research.

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