Cant boot after overclock attempt

Hi everyone,

I tried overclocking my cpu to 4.0ghz. All I did was change the clock speed not the voltage or anything else. Now when I go to boot windows freezes and I get the BSOD. I tried changing it back but same thing happens. What can I do?

Specs

I5 3570K

ATI 6960

8Gb ram

I tried that but it still wont boot. Windows gives me the option to either boot normally which doesnt work or try startup repair which doesnt work either...

The MOBO i have is a z77-d3h btw

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

jakes456

[QUOTE="jakes456"]

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

Toxic-Seahorse

For Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"][QUOTE="jakes456"]

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

FelipeInside

For Toxic-Seahorse

Remove your cmos battery inside your computer, wait 15 minutes, your computer will be reset to default settings.

Edit: Yeah put the battery back after 15 min, lol

If you don't know your way around hardware don't overclock, not too smart. I was overclocking back in the day when you had to change the jumpers on the motherboard, but back then you had to if you weren't rich; these days I just don't see the need to OC.

[QUOTE="jakes456"]

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"][QUOTE="jakes456"]

how can you fail at overclocking in 2012? I didn't think this was possible.

mind = blown.

vfibsux

If you don't know your way around hardware don't overclock, not too smart. I was overclocking back in the day when you had to change the jumpers on the motherboard, but back then you had to if you weren't rich; these days I just don't see the need to OC.

vfibsux

I appreciate the tips I will not attempt to overclock again. It bever booted anyway when I did overclock so I cant see how any damage would be done. I left the battery out overnight and I will put it in when I get back from work today. Though I already tried this

Hi everyone,

I tried overclocking my cpu to 4.0ghz. All I did was change the clock speed not the voltage or anything else. Now when I go to boot windows freezes and I get the BSOD. I tried changing it back but same thing happens. What can I do?

Specs

I5 3570K

ATI 6960

8Gb ram

KingWookie87

My suggestion would be to go into your BIOS and make sure that your drives are set up correctly, that it's set to boot off the correct drives and so on. Another thing to try would be to try to boot off a disk or DVD with boot sectors (if you have one available).

Well I just put the battery back in but now it will only turn on for about 10 seconds before it shuts down and restarts and keeps repeating this. I cant do anything. Does the battery have to be in for a little while first?

Hi everyone,

I tried overclocking my cpu to 4.0ghz. All I did was change the clock speed not the voltage or anything else. Now when I go to boot windows freezes and I get the BSOD. I tried changing it back but same thing happens. What can I do?

Specs

I5 3570K

ATI 6960

8Gb ram

KingWookie87

I really need help guys, i cant access the bios or anything...

Ok so the restarting problem was loose ram, however I am back to the origional problem...ugh

Ok so the restarting problem was loose ram, however I am back to the origional problem...ugh

KingWookie87

How did you overclock the CPU? Did you build up the OC with small increments? Or did you just punch in the desired (final) multiplier and hit save? I know that some people still go around hardware forums looking for OC settings from other users and they literally "copy and paste" it into their settings. I'm not saying you did, but I'd like to get an idea of how you OC'ed your board.

Hopefully, you didn't overvolt it and damage the goods. It's rare but it can definitely happen. You should test everything out and see what is the culprit. It could be anything, really.

1)Try booting up with one stick of ram. THen switch it to the other stick, and boot it up once more.

2)Try booting up without harddrive(s)

I didnt mess with the voltage at all. I only increased the clock frequency to 4.0Ghz from 3.4. I think I'm just going to format my hdd and reinstall windows at this point. The computer is only for gaming so its not a huge deal I guess. On a side note, does steam back up saved game files? I was almost done LA Noire and I really dont wanna start all over

I didnt mess with the voltage at all. I only increased the clock frequency to 4.0Ghz from 3.4. I think I'm just going to format my hdd and reinstall windows at this point. The computer is only for gaming so its not a huge deal I guess. On a side note, does steam back up saved game files? I was almost done LA Noire and I really dont wanna start all over

KingWookie87

Ok so I just reinstalled windows but it doesnt seem like its detecting my graphics card. I installed all the drivers that came on the utillity disk but I didnt see one for the graphics card.

Ok so I just reinstalled windows but it doesnt seem like its detecting my graphics card. I installed all the drivers that came on the utillity disk but I didnt see one for the graphics card.

KingWookie87

Ok I have ATI, if I just download catalyst control center should I be ok?

Ok I have ATI, if I just download catalyst control center should I be ok?

KingWookie87

Ok I have ATI, if I just download catalyst control center should I be ok?

KingWookie87

Ok it looks like everything is working, im just installing all windows updates now to get that out of the way. Thank you so much for your help in my time of need lol. I think I will just stick to overclocking my gpu as that is much simplier.

Ok it looks like everything is working, im just installing all windows updates now to get that out of the way. Thank you so much for your help in my time of need lol. I think I will just stick to overclocking my gpu as that is much simplier.

KingWookie87