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?
Hi, I did something not very good. I used Ryzen Master's auto overclock on my 3700X. I thought it would work, but after checking more, I realized the clock speed and voltages are way too high, which is risky. The machine always hits a max of 4.4ghz when I start up. Even after changing BIOS settings back to default, it keeps going up to 4.4ghz on all cores with voltages around 1.488v. Right now, I have to open Ryzen Master, do manual overclock in basic mode, and set it to 3600mhz and 1.3v each time I turn on the PC. I also tried the default settings in Ryzen Master, but it still brings it back to 4.4ghz. Am I missing something?
I would also remove ryzen master first to prevent it from reapplying the faulty overclock after resetting the cmos/bios.
Remove Ryzen Master entirely, restart the device.
Inspect BIOS settings; if voltages or frequency remain elevated, power off the PC and reset CMOS by removing the battery for about five minutes before reinserting it.
Restore power and verify BIOS settings have returned to factory defaults, ensuring no overclocking is active on the CPU.
That's exactly what I did after TerryLaze suggested removing it. I first deleted Ryzen master and the SDK Ryzen master from the add and remove lists. Then I turned it off, unpugged everything, and cycled the power supply to ensure no residual power was stored. The watch battery on the motherboard stayed for about 5 minutes before I reinserted it. After re-plugging everything, I checked the BIOS and saw the same issue. In Task Manager and the HW Monitor, it was still running this behavior. To try and protect the chip and motherboard, I reverted Ryzen master back in, allowing me to manually adjust the CPU voltage and frequency to the base clock. This should prevent further damage.
It should.
However, do note that when BIOS update should be interrupted for whatever reason (e.g power loss), MoBo will be bricked since MoBo can't work with corrupted BIOS.
Some high-end MoBos have dual-BIOS, that you can switch to, when 1st one becomes corrupted. And some MoBos even have BIOS rollback feature, in case of BIOS corruption. But most MoBos have single BIOS without saving grace. It is something to keep in mind.