Trying to take the speed back down on a Ryzen 5 1600 processor
Trying to take the speed back down on a Ryzen 5 1600 processor
Hey y'all. I decided today to go back to an overclock set two years ago (3.6GHz) and guess what happened? My computer shut down all of a sudden in some cases, mostly when playing games, then even after changing other settings that I wish I remembered but hindsight is 20/20 it also happens at the Windows 10 login screen. I searched for default settings online and found 3.2GHz and 1.5v, but even those cause these shutdowns just in games so this is where my current clock setting stands right now. I guess shutting down isn't just for games though and I don't have any other CPU-heavy programs to test with at the moment. I've also reset the CMOS a few times but it only seemed to change the time on the computer screen. Could anyone be smarter than me and explain what's going on? Maybe even give me a stern talk about missing something really important here? At this point if 3,6GHz worked when it did then whatever I messed up is my problem. Thanks!
Usually it's the F5 button that fixes the CMOS problem. You could even remove the battery for about a minute or two, but be careful to turn things off first.