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Diagnose CPU and BIOS issues Identify common problems with the processor and firmware settings

Diagnose CPU and BIOS issues Identify common problems with the processor and firmware settings

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Arisoy_eray50
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10-12-2016, 11:34 PM
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Hey everyone, welcome! I'm just starting out with PC building and overclocking, and I've run into some issues lately. My system has some BIOS and CPU problems, and I'm not sure what's going on.

I have an old machine—second-hand Intel Core i7 3820 at 3.60GHz, Corsair CWCH80 AIO cooler, 32GB DDR3 RAM from G.Skill, Asus P9X79 motherboard, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB, and a 500GB Samsung SSD. I tried overclocking once using a tutorial tailored for my CPU, but it didn't work. So I reset the BIOS to its default settings.

Now things get tricky. I noticed my computer sometimes freezes, followed by a BSOD. To fully reset the BIOS, I removed the CMOS battery, waited 5 minutes, and then reinserted it. After that, everything seemed normal—no freezing, no crashes, and Windows booted without issues.

When I opened up the BIOS again, I saw my CPU clock stuck at a constant 3599MHz (with a x31 multiplier), and my RAM timings were different but stable. I didn’t remember the original settings before changing anything.

In normal operation, everything worked smoothly—video editing, gaming, etc.—without any BSODs or freezes. But when I shut down or restarted, the BIOS reported a much higher CPU speed (4550MHz) and varying RAM timings (673MHz). According to Piriform Speccy, the actual speeds were between 1500MHz and 4550MHz across cores, while my motherboard’s bus speed was way higher.

I thought it might be a CMOS battery problem, but that didn’t fix anything. I reset the BIOS several times in the BIOS menu, but sometimes it would trigger a BSOD or show an error message saying "overclocking failed."

What could be happening? Is there something wrong with my hardware? Any advice or insights would be really helpful. Thanks for your help!
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Arisoy_eray50
10-12-2016, 11:34 PM #1

Hey everyone, welcome! I'm just starting out with PC building and overclocking, and I've run into some issues lately. My system has some BIOS and CPU problems, and I'm not sure what's going on.

I have an old machine—second-hand Intel Core i7 3820 at 3.60GHz, Corsair CWCH80 AIO cooler, 32GB DDR3 RAM from G.Skill, Asus P9X79 motherboard, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB, and a 500GB Samsung SSD. I tried overclocking once using a tutorial tailored for my CPU, but it didn't work. So I reset the BIOS to its default settings.

Now things get tricky. I noticed my computer sometimes freezes, followed by a BSOD. To fully reset the BIOS, I removed the CMOS battery, waited 5 minutes, and then reinserted it. After that, everything seemed normal—no freezing, no crashes, and Windows booted without issues.

When I opened up the BIOS again, I saw my CPU clock stuck at a constant 3599MHz (with a x31 multiplier), and my RAM timings were different but stable. I didn’t remember the original settings before changing anything.

In normal operation, everything worked smoothly—video editing, gaming, etc.—without any BSODs or freezes. But when I shut down or restarted, the BIOS reported a much higher CPU speed (4550MHz) and varying RAM timings (673MHz). According to Piriform Speccy, the actual speeds were between 1500MHz and 4550MHz across cores, while my motherboard’s bus speed was way higher.

I thought it might be a CMOS battery problem, but that didn’t fix anything. I reset the BIOS several times in the BIOS menu, but sometimes it would trigger a BSOD or show an error message saying "overclocking failed."

What could be happening? Is there something wrong with my hardware? Any advice or insights would be really helpful. Thanks for your help!

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