ASUS x99 mobo doesn't boot up (black screen) after overclocking of any level.

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I am having this issue with ASUS x99 deluxe mobo. It works fine with extremely low temperature on stock clocking speed and everything.
However, when I try to OC it with their dual intelligent processor or going into the BIOs to OC the computer automatically? It would restart the computer (to apply the changes), and then the computer would start but stuck on no signal screen (not even signal to my monitors).

The only way I would get back is: to reboot the system again and it would go in overclock recovery mode for me to restore everything back to default.... That's the only way for me to use the computer (which is in default mode for everything).

I don't know if this is bio issue because I updated the bios to the latest version already... and it is giving me the same response.

I wonder if any experts in tomshardware can help me out. I would greatly appreciate any ideas that might help. Thanks!


 
What adjustments are you making for the overclock. Sounds like you are either trying to reach too high too fast by not making small adjustments first or are setting the multiplier too high without sufficient voltage. It could be something else entirely but that's what it sounds like. Since the x99 boards are brand new it might take some time to work out the bugs.
 

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I am not going off the scale type of OC... even 5% more clock speed gives me that issue
 
Hah. Ok, don't take this wrong, but you sound just like every other guy that comes here asking for help and then immediately it's "no, that's not the issue". Fully 75% of PC related problems we solve on these forums are directly related to cheap inferior power supplies. And if you ask anybody who's been around here for any time at all, or any moderator AT ALL, they will all tell you that RAIDMAX is just about the biggest offender of making cheap and crappy PSU's.

Most PSU manufacturers and branded distributors have both good and bad models of PSU which is why it's important to know the model number so we can determine if you have one that's on the the third tier or higher or one of their bottom of the barrel models. Unfortunately for you, RAIDMAX is one of the few well known brands that DOES NOT have a good model. If it's made by them, it's junk. Period.

Below is a list to the Tom's power supply tier list so you can see for yourself. Please feel free to ask for second opinions as well, but you'll get the same answer. And so you know, a cheap OR faulty PSU can cause identical symptoms, problems and faults as basically every other component in your system, because it supplies the power directly TO every component in your system. Windows errors, RAM errors, problems that look like a motherboard issue, overclocking issues, CPU base clock issues, GPU card problems and every single other thing you can think of that could go wrong with a computer can be simulated by a weak psu or in all reality, caused by a poorly manufactured psu.

Even problems that actually are with a hardware component, more times than not were CAUSED by the PSU in the first place. So before you go thinking it's not the PSU, you need to do some more homework. That PSU is likely barely capable of supporting your system at stock clocks much less at ANY overclock. So, it IS likely the problem. It might not be, but if those were my expensive components installed I would want that PSU out of there asap before any of them are damaged. Here is the tier list and another link you might want to read up on.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-psu-review,2916.html

 
I hope you didn't pick that as the solution just to close the thread. I'd really like to help you with your issue but before you OC at any amount, please get a decent PSU. You spent too much money to skimp on the heart of the system. When you do get one, if you still have an issue, myself and lot's of others here will be MORE than happy to help you solve it.
 

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Switching a PSU is easy, I can do it anytime I like.... However, right now I am having this real issue of unable to OC without the entire computer just dying on me. I am looking for some real solutions for the problem than some side PSU issue
 
Ok, I can see you didn't get the point. Anybody, ANYBODY, can get rated. It doesn't mean anything about the quality of the PSU. It has nothing whatsoever to do with that. That rating is an efficiency rating. It has to do with power consumption, not quality. It's really just a marketing gimmick. The following quote comes straight from HARDOCP and there are ton's more out there that even spell it out better but the bottom line is that it doesn't take much to get a good efficiency rating, in fact, they take the companies word for it in most cases without any verification testing other than ECOS who's been proven to be a questionable organization at best.

The Bottom Line

If you are shopping for a new power supply and you want to buy a more efficient power supply because you think it is an environmentally responsible idea, by all means do it. If you want to buy a more efficient power supply because it also means a higher quality unit, and IF that has been verified by someone other than ECOS, by all means do it.

If you want to buy a more efficient PSU because you think 80 PLUS® means it is a better built PSU that will pay you your price premium back quickly, or that it might be a significantly more efficient PSU based on the ECOS 80 PLUS® certification, please just remember we think 80 PLUS® is irrelevant.


http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/04/80_plus_irrelevant_to_you_when_buying_psu/#.VAKwxul0xhF
 
Well, when you end up having to buy another motherboard and cpu because you were too stubborn to listen, don't come crying, you were warned. And obviously you didn't get the point. You DON'T have time. You CAN'T change it anytime you want. If you had any interest in really knowing what was wrong with your rig you would take the time to at least CONSIDER the seriousness of what I'm telling you. Cheap PSU's BURN RIGS UP. Literally, they fry boards, cpu's, GPU's and cause fires every single fracking day. But, good luck at the ASUS forum. Maybe one of them will give you the answer you want instead of the one you need.
 


See, you don't get it, obviously. The entire computer is dying on you due to the PSU, almost 100% guaranteed. You go to those other forums and you give them the link to this thread and you ask them what they think. Every one of them that has any experience at all will confirm all I've told you.

 

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You are the only one here, and you are throwing your opinion like facts..... And using word like 100% PSU issue is just insane especially considering you don't even know the problem itself yet.

I need an expert on this that provides an actual solution.....

 

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I have nothing to do with obstinate.
It got something more related with you saying it is 100% cause of the problem without ANY believable reasoning behind your solution. I know motherboard is the one that controls voltage from PSU.

I can't believe a mod back dark's claim, kind of disappointment.
 
Actually, I said almost 100% guaranteed, not 100% guaranteed. It's an expression we use in English speaking countries. It doesn't mean that there can be no other possibility. It just means the chances of it being something else are a WHOLE lot less likely than the chances that it is. And you are obstinate. Stubborn as a mule. Anybody who can't consider a possibility other than what they've already got in their heads as the likely cause, is stubborn.

I can admit maybe the PSU ISN'T the problem. Why can't you admit maybe it IS? I'll bet good money you didn't even bother to read the articles I gave you links to. You know why? Because you think you know better than this entire community and no matter if every single member came here and posted on this thread that it was likely to be the PSU, you would still refuse to accept it. You know why? Because your stubborn and obstinate, that's why. Change your damn PSU, then you can overclock the damn thing all you want.
 

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OCing 5% extra clock speed, would cause computer not give signal but it is still powered on. <--- this symptom already tells you a lot about the problem.

And yet it handles games like BF4 on normal clock speed just fine? Again, support your solution with actual reasoning.

I don't even really care if I will switch the PSU out because I can easily drop by store and turn it in for another brand. However, the chance of it fixing the problem just same as eating cookie as a cure for cancer.
 

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Look darkbreeze, I will drop by the store these days and change my PSU.
It honestly really doesn't make any sense because raidmax have nearly the same amount of positive review than "top tier" brands such as crosair. They are both just the tools to provide power to the mobo.... And one would give OC problems that is handled by mobo?

As expert you should at least instead of telling people to do it, provide some reasons that is conclusive to the problem. But we will see once I change PSU.
 
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