So dumbxxx me tried overclocking my CPU today without any prior knowledge of CPU overclocking apart from GPU OC-ing. I have a Ryzen 5 1500X and I first pushed it to 3.7GHz which was the max as specified on Ryzen's site. Then I saw someone push it over 4.0GHz and I tried to follow, I think I added put too much current(?) into the CPU and my PC hung once I pressed apply in AMD's Master Utility. I force shut down after 5 minutes since it was not responsive.
I tried booting it up again and my MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic motherboard ez debug LED lighted up for DRAM and CPU so I let it be for about 3 hours. I then re-seated the CPU but did not install the cooling fan as I was out of thermal paste and it managed to post, but it shut down again not even 1 minute after. I touched the CPU and it was piping hot and let it cool down first before I could start it up again. The furthest I got was to my home screen, before I could even open up an app it shuts down.
Is there a high chance my CPU is causing all this to happen? Could it be I friend my CPU to xxxxx? Any chance any of you could give me advice on what to do next? I'm trying to see if I can try my CPU in my pal's motherboard and see if the same thing happens as well.
My set up is as follows:
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic
Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB x2
Sapphire R9 280 3GB
FSP Hyper K 600W
Samsung 850EVO 500GB (Boot drive and app storage)
WD Green 3TB (Media Storage)
WD Blue 500GB (Media Storage)
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I tried booting it up again and my MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic motherboard ez debug LED lighted up for DRAM and CPU so I let it be for about 3 hours. I then re-seated the CPU but did not install the cooling fan as I was out of thermal paste and it managed to post, but it shut down again not even 1 minute after. I touched the CPU and it was piping hot and let it cool down first before I could start it up again. The furthest I got was to my home screen, before I could even open up an app it shuts down.
Is there a high chance my CPU is causing all this to happen? Could it be I friend my CPU to xxxxx? Any chance any of you could give me advice on what to do next? I'm trying to see if I can try my CPU in my pal's motherboard and see if the same thing happens as well.
My set up is as follows:
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic
Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB x2
Sapphire R9 280 3GB
FSP Hyper K 600W
Samsung 850EVO 500GB (Boot drive and app storage)
WD Green 3TB (Media Storage)
WD Blue 500GB (Media Storage)
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