Instability after OC using Asus Ez-tune
Instability after OC using Asus Ez-tune
If the technical support board is the right place for this, please move it—I'm brand new.
I recently assembled a desktop after years without owning one, and for some random reason I thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if I used my ASUS motherboard's EZ-tune tool to overclock the CPU by just 2%, from 3600 to 3700.
The setup included a Ryzen 5 2600X (base 3600, max 4250), an ASUS Prime X470-Pro, MSI Rx 570, 16GB DDR4-2666 RAM. Within less than a day, the computer crashed while I was gaming, so I reset it to its default settings, thinking it was just a test and probably shouldn't have pushed it that far. However, only a few hours later, my display driver stopped working. Although the notification said it would restart, I had to power off the PC to access the AMD control panel.
I attempted to reset the CMOS for a couple of hours, but since the BIOS was already set to defaults and I hadn't adjusted the video card settings beforehand, I was already worried. The concern is that these problems might return once my timeframe ends. I had no issues until just before trying this, so I suspect it's my mistake. I'm only trying to ensure everything resets completely to default because the graphics card is so weak that any overclocking attempt would be pointless.
I have no prior experience with overclocking, which makes me confused about why the video driver became unstable after resetting the BIOS to defaults—especially since I hadn't even started overclocking the card. I don’t care exactly what caused it, but I just want to guarantee a full reset so there are no lingering effects that could reappear later.
I’m certain there must be a way to fully undo this decision, given how simple my actions were. All I really wanted was a stable setup, so I was worried I’d have to take apart the whole system and return the main parts to fix the issue. If anyone can offer advice, I would really appreciate it. It was a frustrating week.
I didn't consider the importance of the parts since my goal is just to bring it back to defaults. It's definitely not a strong setup. I was planning to shorten the post and add more details later after resting, but I've been really unwell over the past few days and forgot. In the original post, I apologize.