How do I shut down overclocking?
How do I shut down overclocking?
I just bought a Arctic Alpine 12 cooler for my Intel Core i5 4690k processor. I really couldn't spend any more money, so this is what I got. I don't know much about computers at all. I bought this from an old tenant back in the day. Can someone please tell me how to turn off overclocking on my system and keep it turned down? My motherboard is an ASUS Maximus VI Impact. Thank you very much.
Just press F5 in Asus BIOS to get back to factory settings. Then reset your RAM like XMP or just lock all cores (no need to change anything but hit the "Lock All Cores" button). That's easy for a motherboard and cooler at normal stock levels. Next, go to the Boot tab and delete any old profiles you might have saved there. Save your current settings as Profile #1, make sure it is the default profile, then press F10 to save and exit. When it restarts, it will use Profile #1 with what you set before. It will always use that profile unless you save it somewhere else.
Open up the BIOS menu. Usually, you press a key like Del or F2 to get there. Once inside, tell it to go back to normal stock settings. You might also need to unplug the computer and remove the battery from the motherboard, wait about 10-15 minutes, put the battery back in, and turn it on again. That should reset everything just like that!
I know it's a bit confusing. If you go into the BIOS and press the key to enter, how exactly do you actually shut down the system? The interface is really hard to figure out right now. Could someone familiar with my specific model help me get the exact steps to turn off overclocking once I'm inside? Also, even though I've taken the battery out for a few days, some settings keep it enabled when I restart. Are you sure that will happen if I just leave the power down?
With Asus, just hit F5 in BIOS. That will bring everything back to factory default. After that, reset things like XMP for the RAM or simply lock core OC (just click the "lock all cores" button) since it's easy enough to do with stock settings on your motherboard and cooler. Then go to the Boot tab and delete any profiles an old user might have saved. Save your current BIOS settings as profile #1, make sure that is set as the default, then hit F10 to save and exit. On boot, it will use profile #1, which matches what you specified. It will always pick that first profile, no matter what else happens, unless you change that profile again.
OK, I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing all those details with me!