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.
Hey hey, what do you need to reset the CMOS? I put the jumper on pins 2 and 3 as told in the manual. My motherboard is an Asrock AB350M Pro4. Edit: Oh well, no worries! I was thinking there should be a button or option to do that in BIOS, but maybe I just missed it while checking before.
I'm really embarrassed because I tried something too fast. It seems like the reset is working now. The reset button sounded scary and made me feel unsure if it would work the same way as the jumper. I guess what I should have done is just set the clock speed and voltage to auto, but there was a warning that doing that could hurt my computer. Thanks for the F5 tip too; it will save a lot of trouble later.