This model supports both Asrock H97M-ITX/AC and Pentium G3258 with no overclocking capability.
This model supports both Asrock H97M-ITX/AC and Pentium G3258 with no overclocking capability.
So I'm running Windows 7 64bit and my Mobo BIOS version is 1.80 (latest BIOS updated from the factory). There isn't an OC option in the BIOS and when I try Asrock A-Tuning in Windows, the slider will move past 3.2 GHz but nothing happens when I hit apply. I know that this combo is OC-able because of this post:
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?...8-on-win10
That person is running BIOS ver. 1.70 and was able to OC using A-Tuning. It's strange but Asrock might have disabled OCing in the newest update. Is it possible for me to roll-back the BIOS to 1.70 or is it too risky?
They can easily revert the changes. Intel possibly forced them not to let H-series chips exceed their limits.
I remembered the 1.70 setting and saw the Non-Z OC choice in the BIOS. Now it's set to 4.0 GHz on the stock cooler xD. Thanks, firefoxx04!
I did the same, flashed back to 1.70 from 1.80 but didn't find the OC option. My CPU is an i5 4670k and with A-Tuning it only reaches the highest boost clock of 3.8 GHz. Setting it to 4.0GHz keeps it at 3.8GHz, which is fine if I want to go lower.