Need help, G3258 will overclock in BIOS, but stays at standard clock in Win 8.1?

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wegitpc

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Hello all. As thread title says, i'm having trouble overclocking the CPU.

My current specs are:
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 (Currently at 3.6GHz in BIOS but standard in OS for some reason..)
MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty H87 Performance
RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3
GPU: Gainward GTX 750 2GB
HDD: 1TB WD Blue 3.5", 1TB WD Black 3.5"
PSU: Unsure of brand but its a 750w

I'm really unsure of what to do from here, so any help would be greatly appreciated! :)
 
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synphul
What version of windows are you running? Unless you've turned off updates (not recommended) or on an older version of windows with updates turned off, many updates contain intel's microcode update.

On just about every non z board it cancelled overclocking and many found they could either run the g3258 with both cores active at factory speeds or run a single core overclocked but not both overclocked. Overclocking was meant to be done on z series boards like z87/z97, not h series boards. It was possible for awhile but bios updates and windows updates included the 'fix'.

Here's one example of a discussion regarding a common issue with that combo...
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What version of windows are you running? Unless you've turned off updates (not recommended) or on an older version of windows with updates turned off, many updates contain intel's microcode update.

On just about every non z board it cancelled overclocking and many found they could either run the g3258 with both cores active at factory speeds or run a single core overclocked but not both overclocked. Overclocking was meant to be done on z series boards like z87/z97, not h series boards. It was possible for awhile but bios updates and windows updates included the 'fix'.

Here's one example of a discussion regarding a common issue with that combo.
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/775051-Can-not-unlock-CPU-that-I-know-is-OCable-and-it-says-it-is-unlocked
 
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I had the same issue before. I eventually found a list of BIOS versions that promote overclocking for the G3258 and had to revert to an older BIOS revision to make the clocks stick in windows.
 
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