I'll never OC again

I've had several good stable OC's with an I7 920 on a Gigabyte X-58 mobo with 6GB of DDR3 RAM.

EAch OC was strenuously tested and proved to be stable with excellent temps and everything else.

The gaming performance which is beyond excellent at the stock speeds were awesome.

But with even the slightest OC there was a hidden conflict, every time.

Once the PC went to sleep, or was shutdown there was no restarting it, period.

You could restart but it would not make it to windows, there was an error message on a black and white screen, saying it would not come out of hibernation mode.
so:



Never again, I drove 40 miles round trip yesterday and today because once I successfully OC it its fine until I put it to sleep or shut it down.

Then I get the error message that it will not come out of hibernation mode, there is nothing I can do to get it to F8 after start-up, or to reset the CMOS, nothing works.

The guys at Best Buy could not believe it happened again.

They didn't charge me though, but everytime I overclock it I 'll have to take it back to them.

I am fine at 2.67-2.8 stock.

I can fly in FSX with most sliders set to max locked at 30FPS with an occasional dip to 28FPS, and FSX is about the mosr resource hungry game out there.

Even recording with Fraps and full settings I only dip to 28 FPS in FSX.

COD?WAW is crazy smooth as is everything else I've tried.

My quality settings for my GTX 260 card is 16 AA with all the extra AA options checked in Enhancer, all settings set to maximum quality, FSX maxed out almost completely, and staying at 30FPS is not bad, at stock settings, I'll leave well enough alone.

Ocing is well worth the effort, but this is a conflict between the BIOS and the CPU or Mobo are something, I was told its a known issue, well it doesn't seem like its goint to go away.

So I'm fine where I'm at.

I upgraded from an old single core with a NVIDEA 6200 card to this:

http://www.flightsimworld.com/foru [...] em&CID=297

and I built it myself, I don't want to fry it just to get a few more FPS.

Just in case you cannot see the page, if not join, it'll onlt take a minute and its the best flight simulator site period.

Here are my specs, if you can't see the pics at the site and don't want to join tell me how to upload them here.

My PC build parts:

Title My rig I built for FSX
Recommended to others? Yes
Description Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model

XFX GX260XADJF GeForce GTX 260 Core Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video- This is a true NVIDEA graphics card.

ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor

Logitech SBF-96 Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel PS/2 Wired Optical Mouse

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM

Nvidia Gift Call of duty - World at war, I also received Far Cry 2, and Mirrors Edge, and 3D Mark Vantage Advanced Editon free with my GPU.

Rosewill RTK-001 Premium Anti-Static Wrist Strap

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC



Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives

Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Standard Eclipse Keyboard with lit keys and back lighting, blue lighting.

OCZ RALLY 2 4GB High Performance Dual Channel Flash Drive-Free gift

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory

Soundblaster sound card.
Manufacturer Built it myself!
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caaront: I forgot that I also added a Sound Blaster sound card.
caaront: I spent about $1700 for everything listed above. Then immediately spe...

No, getting my PC restarted, and the BIOS set back to Optimized defaults.

With no equipment I could get to the BIOS but could not reset it, or the CMOS, or get into F8 mode or anything else to get away from the error mode.

It was impossible.

The mobo is fine but there is a conflict somewhere that causes the PC to not come out of hibernation mode with even the slightest OC.

It would not reset, itwouldn't jump, it would not reset by taking the battery out.
You'd restart it, it would go to the verifying DMI page, and then back to the error about being stuck in hibernation mode.

You'd be anle to hit delete after re-starting and get back to the BIOS, but no matter what you did it would always end up with the error screen.
It said to hit enter to continue, but you couldn't continue.

You could not restart and hit F8 to get to the start in last good configuration screen.

Everything always led to the error screen.

There was some major conflict going on.

No, the reset button didn't do anything but get you back to the error screen, as did taking out the battery for a full minute.

I don't know how they got it reset at Best buy, but I'm not taking anymore chances.

So you recommend disabling sleep mode all together.

So then if I shut it down it should come back up?

Where can I find some of the threads about OZC sleep/PSU's etc?

Thank you, I appreciate your reply.

I'ma disabled vet who broke my neck so I'm in almost costant pain.

I'm new to this so I get frustrated but I try to remain a gentleman.

Thanks again, Aaron

Yes, every OC is different, but the basic process is the same. And I have never seen I bios that didn't have the restore defaults setting or reset jumpers....
I think there is more to the hibernate problem than the overclock. Did you mess with the sleep states in the bios when you were overclocking?

How could best buy possibly restart it if the BIOS button and resetting CMOS wouldn't do it?

It was unplugged.

I don't know what they did. I'll try again later.

First I'll study and see if I accidentally missed something.

Maybe after I catch up on rest though as I have missed 4 days and nights of sllep this week, 1 and 2 at a time, it adds up.

Thank you, and to Overspeed, you are welcome.

If you look at this review on my mobo you'll see it desn't have a reset button on the mobo for the cmos.

1srt paragraph, last sentance.

He went on to say that he got a very easy OC to 3.6.

I guess I'm missing something, time to try a new guide.

http://www.hitechlegion.com/review [...] r?start=18

The over all problem may be a bios issue, but I don't think reseting the Bios will allow you back into the operating system.

When the system goes into hybernation the computer writes a hidden file to the hard drive of what is in memory which is then read when coming out of hybernation - this file is getting corrupted probably. I think what BB is doing is deleting this hidden file. To would need a bootable dvd that would allow you to view the files on the HDD to delete it.

To dissable hybernation (do a google to verify), You run a dos command (powercfg) with the the augment -H Off. Need to open dos window w/admin privilage.

I found this page, It does have that exact file on the error page, if I disble it should I be able to go back to my good OC nubers where I had good numbers and passed the OCCT tests with flying colors?

http://www.internetfixes.com/vista_tips/IF01166.htm

For the record, that motherboard doesnt use a reset button, it uses jumpers to reset.

On page 31 of your manual, it explains how to do this.
http://europe.giga-byte.com/FileLi [...] _1.6_e.pdf

I'm going to do that now, and then call Jeff, then try the OC.

After that I just shut down, right?

And I'll be on pins and needles until everything comes back up after all this, LOL.

Thank you so much guys, I appreciate the help.

And if I ever make a guide after I become more experienced I'll recommend disabling hibernation first and foremost.

@caaront

No offense but if you cannot figure out how to clear your own CMOS settings, and are at the mercy of Best Buy, maybe you shouldn't be overclocking until you learn what you're doing.

Because being able to clear your own CMOS, is pretty important as far as overclocking is concerned.

Heres the deal, I was worried that if hibernation was a problem there might be other problems, but a very expanded search shows that many either dis-able or don't use it.

I had put her to sleep every time.

The guide above is more conservative than the guys that I had been using, I'm going to follow it to the letter.

Thanks again.

What do you mean by "I decreased the numbers called for by Overshock's guide"

What numbers did you decrease?

QPI Link, Memory freq, uncore multiplier, I set them to their minimum settings according to the guide.

Back to the original 3.4 numbers and very stable.

With the updated BIOS and updated video driver I even scored with 1 degree C less on the temp test.

Another friend who didn't realize I was OC'ing told me that the hiberfil.sys file was a source of many mistakes in OC'ing and many other things in Vista, he advised me to remove it through the Disc Cleaner and double check it with Command Prompt, he was proud I'd found that out already through research.

I was waiting to get confirmation that I should continue with the OC at my last stable settings, and waiting to hear from Jeff about how he was able to reset everything at BB when I could not get into F8.

Turns out that a USB keyboard wouldn't and he used a regular keyboard with the round plug.

My voltage and temperature tests in OCCT were passed with flying colors, my Distance to T J Max numbers were good throughout the tests, and I was able to restart, shut down, and then start successfully.

All the stress and almost giving up over a hibernation problem.

Now I'll enjoy everything at 3.465 for a bit and then later edge up some more.

Next time you go to BB, ask them what they did to the PC.. This way you won't have to take multiple trips and get ripped-off =)

Nothing at all, he even updated the BIOS for me, which I could have done but hey, if he wants to do it for free he can.

That is because most boards need a PS2 keyboard when you are booting for the first time. I had the same issue, even with my new board, I had to use an old PS2 keyboard just to get into the bios...

Correct, not all boards will have a PS2 but if they do that normally means you will need a PS2 keyboard/adapter just to get into the Bios... If the board has USB only then you should not have an issue...

To bring back this semi-dead thread....


There is a reason that i said "this step is not required". It is because not all boards can handle the low qpi and uncore freq.

So try bumping those up to stock and see if that helps.

No problem dude, glad you changed your mind.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I experienced the same problem and I had a quick question.

Firstly, I managed to OC my computer to a nice stable 3.8ghz and everything was fine. Even when I put forced win7 to go to sleep, it woke up okay. It wasn't until the PC slept normally (without me telling it to) that it wouldn't wake up. I had to do a hard reset and then it wouldn't post at all - couldn't even get into the BIOS.

I would turn it on, and then it would shut off by itself...so annoying. I finally managed to get into the BIOS by resetting the board (after it froze multiple times in the BIOS) and now it restarts and operates fine.

My question is, did you just disable the S3/S1 hibernation in the BIOS, or did you do in Windows. Is this what's causing this?

It was never disabled...it was always set to S3 mode. When the BIOS is on the default optimal settings, the PC wakes up fine. As soon as I OC it to a modest 3.4 (i7 920) I can't wake it.

It loads Win7 fine, stress tests fine, but as soon as it goes to sleep, I can't get wake it up - even after I reset. The BIOS just freezes.