Help! I over clocked my pc too much.

Shaan Khokhar · Dec 17, 2014

I was over clocking my Intel i7 920 thought I had put the CPU to 3.2 ghz now when ever I turn on my PC it turns on a second afterwards. How high is the risk of my motherboard being fried?

Xyos · Dec 17, 2014

Its possible, but I doubt it. It's not turning on because it's a fail safe to protect hardware.

If you can't get into bios to fix it do this:
1. Unplug PC power
2. Find CMOS battery (circular battery on board)
3. Remove it, wait a good 5-10 minutes, then place it back in

Bios will be reset to default. If that does not work it is indeed possible something was damaged.

Some motherboards have a bios reset button or jumper on the board too which is faster than removing the battery. Consult your manual if you want to do it this way.

APassingMe · Dec 17, 2014

Reset the bios and check to see if you can get it up and running again with the default settings. I doubt you broke anything but you won't know till you check (it will have crashed too quickly to do too much damage).

RunLuke · Dec 17, 2014

Pull power from your PSU, Pull the battery from your motherboard / use the reset switch / jumper then wait five minutes, should restore to safe defaults.
Refer to your manual for further info.

tinmann · Dec 17, 2014

Hi, Just clear your CMOS, either by taking the battery out for a minute or moving the cmos jumper over one pin then putting it back to it's original position before you attempt to boot.

Shaan Khokhar · Dec 17, 2014

Thanks guys sadly my pc has rivets so I have to remove them

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