I believe I damaged my motherboard by using an ocging method.
I believe I damaged my motherboard by using an ocging method.
Hi everyone
Thank you for taking the time to read.
My PC was built about three years ago and it’s having trouble running certain games, like Rainbow Six Siege, even though it meets the minimum requirements and is close to the recommended specs. Being a bit impatient, I tried overclocking the GPU using MSI Afterburner, increasing the settings in small steps of 25, but nothing changed significantly. Eventually, I thought maybe I was doing it wrong and decided to leave it as it was.
After resetting everything to default, turning it off, and then restarting it, I noticed the mouse and keyboard stopped working. When I tried to turn it on the next day, the screen lights appeared briefly during BIOS setup but turned off immediately when I reached the password screen.
I visited a local PC shop and asked for advice. Someone suggested that the motherboard might be faulty and recommended removing the battery to reset the BIOS. I followed that advice, left the battery out for ten minutes, then put it back in. The mouse and keyboard functioned during BIOS mode but failed again when I reached the password screen.
My friend who works with computers advised me to take the GPU out and test it on integrated graphics to see if the issue was power-related. That also didn’t help. He also suggested booting the computer without the keyboard and mouse in the slots, then reinserting them once I reached the password screen, but that didn’t resolve the problem.
Anyone have suggestions or information that could help?
Could it be that my motherboard is dead?
Should I visit a PC shop and ask for a compatible one to test, or is that a waste of money? I’m considering buying a new board outright because it seems to be the faulty part?
Thanks a lot!
If everything functions properly before reaching the log screen and then fails afterward, it seems more like a driver problem rather than a defective component. Are you using Windows 10? If yes, attempt to boot into safe mode or recover using the disk or USB with Windows, then reset the PC—this will erase most drive data. Other options include launching an elevated command prompt and running sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\windows to address errors, and verifying the integrity of Windows files. The drive where Windows is installed (D) should not be scanned during this process, as it may contain important data. Overclocking improperly can cause damage, so drivers are often the root cause.
If everything functions properly before reaching the log screen and then fails afterward, it seems more like a driver problem rather than a broken component. Are you using Windows 10? If yes, attempt to boot into safe mode or recover using the disk or USB with Windows, then reset the PC—this will erase most drive data. Other options include launching an elevated command prompt and running sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\windows to address errors, and verifying the integrity of Windows files. The drive where Windows is installed (D) should not be scanned during this process, as it may contain critical data. Overclocking improperly can cause damage, and drivers are often the first to fail.
OVERCLOCKING IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND UNRELIABLE ACTION
IT CAN LEAD TO UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS IF DONE WITHOUT THE RIGHT EXPERTISE
your way of speaking might make you seem quite nervous
don’t worry, it didn’t happen to me when I tried to increase my processor to 4.2 GHz and the same issue occurred—screen would log in but then shut down
thankful after a full reset and reinstalling Windows XP everything functioned properly with the graphics card
at that time I had an old ATI card, I updated the drivers and it worked again
that was back in 2009