Ryzen 5 1600X overclocking might have killed cpu

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skurup.victor

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Today I was experimenting with overclocking my ryzen 5 1600x with my msi b350 tomahawk motherboard. I was told to put the voltage @1.3 and start from there. I put my cpu clock @4200 (note that the bios did not mention what units is was measuring in but I assumed it was MHz) Since the built in “Game boost” Overclock puts it @4.1 I thought that 4.2ghz was a good goal. So I went to boot but it did norm display anything at all. Then I reset my bios and still nothing. Those are all the troubleshooting steps I have taken. Please help
 
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So from what i understand you turned the cpu voltage up from the bios and now the system won't boot, are you able to access bios? Also how did you reset bios? To hard reset the motherboard you can take out the coin battery(silver coloured flat battery) leave it out for 30min or so, put it back in and try it then, not too sure if this will help as you have already reset bios.
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So from what i understand you turned the cpu voltage up from the bios and now the system won't boot, are you able to access bios? Also how did you reset bios? To hard reset the motherboard you can take out the coin battery(silver coloured flat battery) leave it out for 30min or so, put it back in and try it then, not too sure if this will help as you have already reset bios.
 
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The good news is, if you set the voltage at 1.3 you haven't likely killed the chip. But with that said, just dialing in 4.2ghz on a chip, thats seems to max out at about 4.0/4.1 (unless your a super OC'er) was not a good idea at all.

As H_Frank has said you need to reset cmos, and bios should reset.

Before jumping in there and killing the CPU again, read some articles about OC your CPU/mobo combo. The more you read the less likely you are to cause damage, or have failed OC's. Take it slow and handy, start low, and work up. I've my 1600x at 3.9, 1.3v. I started low voltage, upped the multi from 36 to 38 (3,8ghz) tested stable with prime for 8 hours, upped it to 39x (3.9ghz) and its steady as a rock, and how I like it.

Test test and test again. Then you won't have too many problems pushing your chip. Manage your expectations though. 3.9 is plenty good for that chip.

The games boost OC is an auto OC. It will massively over-volt to ensure your CPU has enough vcore at 4.1 to be stable. You can use something like HWmon to watch the effect of what you are doing. Sometimes on auto the vcore can push right up to 1.5v (even though only for a split second).
The point being OC in the bios, not some software OC lie Ryzen master etc will always yield better results for OC'ing, with the lowest voltage and max stable clockspeed.

Edit: with the kind of dial in OC'ing your doing, you really need to watch your temperatures. You can see this among a lot of other values in HWMon too.
 
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Roland Of Gilead

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and that one of the points. for the voltage increase to get to 4.2 it's just not worth the problems. Even on auto, hitting those high voltages, even just for a split second (but regularly enough) is not a good way to go. You can achieve almost the same OC with maybe a 100-200mhz difference with a much lower voltage, a longer CPU life span, and manageable temps, if you do it through the bios and fine tune the OC.

 
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Exactly, plus you have to count on "silicone lottery" a lot. My 1600x was doing just fine at 4.025GHz and 1.4v but at 4.1 vasn't stable even at 1.525. Accidentally pushed it to 1.6v (auto voltage left on) and didn't burn or get damaged, just shut down. It's not easy to kill modern processors. I literary burned couple of Durons though.
Now, my 1700x is comfortable at 3.95GHz and 1.4v but at 4GHz not even 1.5v would not make it stable yet at 3.825 (TPU II) is content with 1.327v and all stable.
Than there's proper cooling for it all, need for cooling also raises fast and it's not just because of voltage alone.
Just like any other CPU, fund comfortable, all stable OC and leave at that. 100 or even 200 MHz OC wouldn't be felt at normal use anyway.
 
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Bit late on this topic but other arrive late as I have this may help them.

I used Ryzen Master on my R5 1600X and set the clock to 4.0 while leaving the voltage at stock (1.375).
Ran AIDA64 stress for one hour then went straight into Metro LL and FC5 benchmarks with as little time between the tests as possible. Upon completion I immediately went into FC5 game play for one hour. Temps are great and no issues at all. Been running it that way since.
 
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