NOTICE: MSI afterburner caused issues with the PC!

F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking NOTICE: MSI afterburner caused issues with the PC!

01-20-2026, 04:54 AM

Hello! I just installed MSI Afterburner and someone on Discord suggested setting core up to max and memory to 200. I followed their advice, and everything worked well with a smooth frame rate and good performance. However, I increased it further to 300, which caused my computer to become unstable—glitching and refusing to open Nvidia Inspector or MSI. Please help! My GPU model is 840m.

KilledBy_Alex

01-20-2026, 04:54 AM #1

Skewald980
Member

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01-20-2026, 05:15 AM

The topic here is wrong; it wasn't MSI Afterburner that caused the issue, but rather your own actions or lack of knowledge about overclocking. You acted impulsively and damaged your system.

Skewald980

01-20-2026, 05:15 AM #2

The topic here is wrong; it wasn't MSI Afterburner that caused the issue, but rather your own actions or lack of knowledge about overclocking. You acted impulsively and damaged your system.

Adoptions
Junior Member

01-20-2026, 01:58 PM

Start your PC in safe mode, clear your configurations in MSI Afterburner/uninstall it, and avoid attempting to overclock your laptop.

Adoptions

01-20-2026, 01:58 PM #3

Start your PC in safe mode, clear your configurations in MSI Afterburner/uninstall it, and avoid attempting to overclock your laptop.

Mr_D_Trump
Junior Member

01-20-2026, 04:44 PM

The topic here is wrong; it wasn't MSI Afterburner that caused the issue, but rather your own actions or lack of knowledge about overclocking. You acted impulsively and damaged your system.

Mr_D_Trump

01-20-2026, 04:44 PM #4

The topic here is wrong; it wasn't MSI Afterburner that caused the issue, but rather your own actions or lack of knowledge about overclocking. You acted impulsively and damaged your system.