I attempted to up my FSB and now my computer is messed up

fizzyisboss · Dec 26, 2014

I recently attempted to use easytuner6 and caused myself issues. I was going through it and found the FSB, thinking it would make my computer faster and would caues no harm, i simply upped it from 200 to 225. my multiplier is 17.5 and im running around 3.5ghz but it stays around 3.8ghz generally. Its an AMD FX(tm)- Eight-Core Processor, with a 400W power supply and 8gb ram. I dont know what happened but now i cant system restore, i cant use my control panel (when it opens it stays white), and i cant open up certain programs such as my battle.net launcher for WoW. Any help is much appreciated.

P.S- as soon as i changed the fsb to 225 my comp crashed it said something went wrong, it was instant.

thor220 · Dec 26, 2014

First you should reset your bios to the default. The issues you are experiencing are most likely due to overclocking.

Two ways to reset bios

1. Go into the bios and reset it
2. Unplug the power cord from the computer -> Remove the round battery from the motherboard for 5 minutes and the put it back it

Note for the future.

FSB is not the first thing you should overclock and should only be considered if you want an extreme overclock. Normal motherboard usually cannot handle over 210, raising it to 225 was asking for trouble.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

Oh i had no clue, thanks man, ill try it out!

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

i cant get to my battery, its behind my graphics card and i legitimately have no clue how to take out the graphics card.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

im gonna try the jumper solution

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Once you've reset the bios, test the system a bit and see if it fixed the issues.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

theres no jumper cable, i cant reach my battery, and my bios isnt working for shit, it opens up a small window that i cant access anything through. this is obnoxious idek what to do

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

yea wtf, i have a gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 and it literally has no jumper, i am so <Mod Edit> right now, i cant even get into my bios i do not know how.

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Just remove the video card to gain access to the battery. If the video card has any power cables connected, remove those first. You should also disconnect wires from the back of it.

Looking at the slot the video card is inserted into, all the way to the right there should be what looks like a tab. Slide that to the right to unlock the card. You can just pull up to remove the card then.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

alright man, i got the video card out, i removed the battery for five minutes after discharging it too, its still not working, my control panel wont load, my audio service isnt up, nothing is working as it should. EasyTuner6 really screwed up my comp lol. this thing is two weeks old. so yea i dont know what to do at this point

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Have you tried using system restore to go back to a point before you overclocked. It's possible one of the windows files are corrupted.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

actually the system restore wont work, i click it and nothing happens, i talked to a guy with microsoft he said it was probably my hard drive, but idk, that seems kind of unlikely but it did make some sense, my cpu is still fast, still loading a lot of stuff, but my control panel wont open it just stays white so i have to enter its aspects through different means, my audio stopped working, my battle.net launcher wont load, just stuff like that. also when i go to open up my bios on restatt, i press the necessary button and the bios does not pop up despite what i do. ive tried tapping the buttons quickly, slowly, and holding the buttons, no luck. like i said, system restore wont work either

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Wait back up a bit here. You're saying you can't even access your bios?

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

it would appear, after attempting what i could, no i cannot access my bios.. nor did taking out the battery work

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Is there any way you can flash the bios? Most motherboard manufacturers have programs that run within windows.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

flash the bios huh? i would have no clue how, why do i have a problem with my sound card? wtf

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

Bios is the firmware that runs the system, not just the sound. You usually access it by pressing delete when the system is starting up.

Do you know the manufacturer and model of your motherboard? You can usually punch them into google and it will bring you to the information page for that motherboard. On that page there should also be a downloads section.

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

okay let me give that shot

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

i downloaded it and literally nothing happened

fizzyisboss · Dec 27, 2014

its asking me to extract to certain areas and nothing is happening, i think my computer is just screwed im going to have to take it to a tech

thor220 · Dec 27, 2014

I agree with your judgement. This is an issue that requires significant troubleshooting which takes a long time doing it through this forum. I reply, you reply, at this rate it's going to take weeks to solve. A much simpler problem to solve for the tech when the system is in front of them.

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