Windows 10 hangup after attempting to OC

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
T

tikagod

Prominent
Oct 10, 2017
3
0
510
I tried to overclock my PC to 4.6ghz, but windows 10 would not load. It just got stick on the windows splash screen with the little loading circle continuously spinning. I then went back to my old, stable OC of 4.4 but the same thing happened. I pulled the CMOS battery, waited, put it back in, got the message that my BIOS was reset. Same problem still happening.

Now, I am out of options as far as I can tell

Name: TikaGod
CPU: I-6600k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H
CPU Voltage: 1.212
CPU Bus Speed/Multiplier: 100*39
Clock Speed: 3.9
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz (PC4-25600) C16 Memory
Cooling: Noctua Premium
OS: Windows 10
 
Solution
photonboy
1) First, I would confirm your memory is working well. Run a FULL PASS (very roughly 30min per 8GB) using Memtest86 www.memtest86.com

2) My guess is that your OC caused some data corruption, so I would attempt to do a REPAIR of the boot process, or maybe use SYSTEM RESTORE if you have a fairly recent RESTORE POINT (programs installed after the restore point are gone, but data like pictures is not)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows

I'd try the boot repair first.

3) To get a W10 install disc for the above (if you don't have one), do this:
a) go to MS site for W10 media creation tool (other PC obviously)
b) insert 8GB+ USB stick
c) download and run the tool (make sure it's for your version of Windows...
Sort by date Sort by votes
vapour

vapour

Champion
Aug 28, 2017
12,398
98
57,540
If you have always been using auto for vcore voltage. It is not really stable OCing as BIOS intends to over power CPU and may have very high voltage for short period of time. It may or may not damage CPU.

Try 1.3v, 3.5 first. Test if stable by AIDA or prime95
Then 1.325, 4.0. Increase gradually and record.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
photonboy

photonboy

Titan
Jun 20, 2006
21,567
13
85,015
1) First, I would confirm your memory is working well. Run a FULL PASS (very roughly 30min per 8GB) using Memtest86 www.memtest86.com

2) My guess is that your OC caused some data corruption, so I would attempt to do a REPAIR of the boot process, or maybe use SYSTEM RESTORE if you have a fairly recent RESTORE POINT (programs installed after the restore point are gone, but data like pictures is not)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows

I'd try the boot repair first.

3) To get a W10 install disc for the above (if you don't have one), do this:
a) go to MS site for W10 media creation tool (other PC obviously)
b) insert 8GB+ USB stick
c) download and run the tool (make sure it's for your version of Windows such as W10 Home 64-bit though it may just say W10 Home and do both 32/64 or just W10 64-bit and do Home/Pro... I forget)

d) when finished (may take 2 hours+ on slower connection) remove and insert to your PC
e) BOOT (may need to change BIOS boot order) and then follow instructions linked for boot repair (may be other options too)

OTHER:
If that works, you may want to do an "In-Place Upgrade" which basically is done like this:
a) run "setup.exe" from that USB stick with W10 working
b) keep data/apps should be greyed out but if not select that
c) I forget if you get prompted for a key (don't think so) but if so skip it
d) let finish

This basically reinstalls a lot of important files so if any of them got corrupted this can fix them. Maybe don't bother with this unless your computer has some issues you can't fix. (I've used it three times such as when my Start Menu used to go wonky in the first year of W10)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
photonboy

photonboy

Titan
Jun 20, 2006
21,567
13
85,015
OTHER:
One weird fix I saw that may or may not work is to UNPLUG everything, try to boot, then plug everything back in and boot.

It may only be related to USB so perhaps try this:

1) shut down PC
2) UNPLUG PC for one minute
3) remove EVERY USB device
4) boot
5) shut down
6) add back mouse and keyboard (if anything else don't add yet)
7) bootup

OTHER:
Normally an OVERCLOCK doesn't mess things up like this, however I recommend using a program like Acronis True Image for this and other reasons (even if it's not corrupted software for your current issue) in case the main drive fails or you get a virus etc you can't fix.

There's a manual version (I use the full version for weekly updates) for Western Digital HDD's (still works if one is USB) and Seagate Disdwizard is the same program for Seagate HDD's. Make a manual backup of C-drive for example (2nd highest compression level), as well as a RESTORE CD/USB stick to restore the backup Image.

I would then go back and mess around with your OVERCLOCK, but perhaps stick with the 4.4GHz overclock you had (and "XMP" for memory).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom