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8320 + ASRock Extreme3 990fx A) Only boots on 2nd boot everytime B) Overclock not being recognised in windows 7

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October 11, 2014 3:05:32 AM

So i used to have an overclock and my motherboard VRM's used to overheat when testing with prime95 and it used to throttle but ive figured, no game or anything will stress it out that much, and the pc was stable under normal/gaming on bf4 conditions.
So this morning i decided i would stick it on a 4.2ghz clock and see where that took me, so i put it on and took off all of the power saving junk, and turbo core, and rebooted into windows (ive got another problem i need help with but ill get to that last) and i checked the system properties and it still shows 3.4ghz.... so what am i doing wrong? im using OC mode on the board and putting the multiplier upto 4.2ghz and disabling all of the power saving stuff.
Am i missing something? as it used to show the clocks as soon as i booted into windows...
Please give me some guidance on this as it would be majorly appreciated.
Also i am on motherboard bios 1.70 which is the latest for my board.

On another note, EVERY single time i go to boot my pc, the first boot always comes up with a black screen and no signs of life so i have to do a hard shut off and then reboot and its fine, but it comes up with a thing that says 'failed to boot into windows multiple times windows will boot in 10 seconds' and then it takes me to a screen that says windows is corrupt (this happened long before the other) and it says windows setup or windows 7 and if i press windows 7 it boots as per usual...
What confuses me is that it says all of this corrupt stuff and then boots as per usual...

If you have an answer to either one please help me out

Many thanks!

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October 11, 2014 3:37:34 AM

You're missing out on a good MoBo, this particular MoBo is just not fit for FX 8, wonder how you even got it stable w/o undervolting. Do not try OCing on it, for the sake of your chip, even if you put a back on VRMs to cool it, the power phases can not take a 125W TDP CPU. Replace the MoBo ASAP, all your current issues will subside.
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October 11, 2014 3:42:16 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
You're missing out on a good MoBo, this particular MoBo is just not fit for FX 8, wonder how you even got it stable w/o undervolting. Do not try OCing on it, for the sake of your chip, even if you put a back on VRMs to cool it, the power phases can not take a 125W TDP CPU. Replace the MoBo ASAP, all your current issues will subside.


Ive got the chance to get a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 for a steal, do you think that would be one of those 'problem-solvers'??
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October 11, 2014 3:44:30 AM

TheAterix said:
MeteorsRaining said:
You're missing out on a good MoBo, this particular MoBo is just not fit for FX 8, wonder how you even got it stable w/o undervolting. Do not try OCing on it, for the sake of your chip, even if you put a back on VRMs to cool it, the power phases can not take a 125W TDP CPU. Replace the MoBo ASAP, all your current issues will subside.


Ive got the chance to get a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 for a steal, do you think that would be one of those 'problem-solvers'??


Yep, superb MoBo, great VRMs and thermals, awesome OCer, 4.5GHz should be easy :) 
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October 11, 2014 3:47:14 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
TheAterix said:
MeteorsRaining said:
You're missing out on a good MoBo, this particular MoBo is just not fit for FX 8, wonder how you even got it stable w/o undervolting. Do not try OCing on it, for the sake of your chip, even if you put a back on VRMs to cool it, the power phases can not take a 125W TDP CPU. Replace the MoBo ASAP, all your current issues will subside.


Ive got the chance to get a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 for a steal, do you think that would be one of those 'problem-solvers'??


Yep, superb MoBo, great VRMs and thermals, awesome OCer, 4.5GHz should be easy :) 


think i will grab it then and sell this one on, i know noone on here has too much praise for the extreme3 haha

Thank you!
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October 11, 2014 3:49:06 AM

EX3 should not be fitted with anything more than a FX 6, and glad to help :) 
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October 11, 2014 4:21:22 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
EX3 should not be fitted with anything more than a FX 6, and glad to help :) 


Another thing, do you have any ideas on the not booting thing?
Also, why would it be that when i boot into windows the oc isnt showing? it used too
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October 11, 2014 4:23:28 AM

The EX3 is not able to supply FX 8 the required power to function properly, that is why no boots, let alone no OC.
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October 11, 2014 4:32:23 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
The EX3 is not able to supply FX 8 the required power to function properly, that is why no boots, let alone no OC.


that makes sense... bearing in mind i have 2 hdds a ssd and a r9 290 all too boot... so motherboard must be crying lol
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