Bios freezes when trying to save and exit after OC

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BravelySam

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I have a Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI and a 6600k. I tried to OC the 6600K to 4.6 GHZ with 1.275V, and it bluescreened. Now when I try to back down the frequency, the Bios freezes upon save and exit. Help??
 
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Well, simple solution is to clear the bios (reset everything to default). There's usually a jumper or a button somewhere on the MB that'll do it; your manual will know more.

In terms of options that won't make you lose all your bios settings (w/e they might be) you can try turning all the OC related things to auto and seeing what happens. My AsRock Fatal1ty Z170 ITX killer often "freezes" in the bios, but the longest it's stayed stuck was approx 30-40 seconds. So maybe just waiting a minute or two for it to clear on it's own (which you probably have done but I'm assuming you're as impatient as I am).

The blue screen is a definite indication that the voltage isn't high enough for the clock speed. 4.4 GHz on a 6600k probably requires...
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BravelySam

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This happened when I tried to back it down to 4.5 GHZ. I backed it down to a previous profile at 4.4 GHZ with the voltage on auto (the default). It gave me a "windows failed to start" or something like that, but I selected "start windows normally" and it seems fine.

Having an OC too high for the voltage can't damage anything, can it? Overclocking is new and scary to me, you guys have any tips?
 
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Well, simple solution is to clear the bios (reset everything to default). There's usually a jumper or a button somewhere on the MB that'll do it; your manual will know more.

In terms of options that won't make you lose all your bios settings (w/e they might be) you can try turning all the OC related things to auto and seeing what happens. My AsRock Fatal1ty Z170 ITX killer often "freezes" in the bios, but the longest it's stayed stuck was approx 30-40 seconds. So maybe just waiting a minute or two for it to clear on it's own (which you probably have done but I'm assuming you're as impatient as I am).

The blue screen is a definite indication that the voltage isn't high enough for the clock speed. 4.4 GHz on a 6600k probably requires an overvolt. The highest I've gotten mine stable w/o an overvolt was 4.2.

High voltage can and will damage your mb and your cpu. While 1.275 is definitely on the higher end, it's the probably not damaged kind of high.
 
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