Computer is locked in a dangerous high-speed setting, what should I do?
Computer is locked in a dangerous high-speed setting, what should I do?
After a few challenging bios introductions in the overclocking area, I managed to manually adjust the MHz and CPU voltage. I had to lower the voltage to around 1.25V, but it still draws about 102W under maximum load during a stress test. It remains stable so far, with temperatures staying between 70-80°C. It’s unclear if there are other solutions, as it seems to be running hot possibly due to past damage from extreme voltages and power consumption. I plan to reinstall the bios when I wake up to see if that resolves the issue, since I know how to get it back to its current state.
From what i've seen online, 4.4ghz seems extremely high for this CPU—it's almost at its maximum capacity. The default settings usually stay around 1.3v, 1.4, and 1.5, with anything above 1.5v posing a serious risk; internal bios info suggests it shouldn't exceed 3.6ghz. If boosting was enabled, it shouldn't have reached 4.4ghz across all cores.
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I've owned this PC for about 4-5 years and once used the 4.2 game boost in the bios, so the highest I've ever seen it is 4.2ghz. That's still a solid improvement over 3.6ghz, even if it doesn't always reach that level.
The biggest advantage remains my GPU, which is an EVGA 1080, so I rarely push my CPU beyond gaming or other workloads. Since the game boost in the bios can be quite risky, it's best to avoid it whenever possible.
Check the maker's motherboard information guide for details on removing CMOS. It should be done using a jumper and by following the complete steps.
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According to the manual for this board, I removed the CMOS as instructed. Since there was no CMOS cap, I connected it with a screw drive. The device confirmed the CMOS was cleared. After loading Hwmonitor on my computer, it returned to its previous state before the last night's work—manual undervolting and setting the MHZ to 3600 in the overclocking settings in my BIOS.
well i put it underload and everything seems normal actually still weird it reaches over but 1.4v and 4.3ghz but under consistent load it reading back 3.8ghz at max
https://imgur.com/a/O9uqIAF
View: https://imgur.com/a/O9uqIAF
so i guess it is fixed?