That's what I get for bragging....

[Hand_Solo]

No sooner did I post on the Asus YouTube Overclocking Ryzen video that I had hit the silicon lottery running an R7 1700x at 4.2ghz on 1.315 volts and ram at ddr4-3000 than I brainfarted and didn't plug in my pump.  As the smell of burning electronics filled the air I realized in a panic what was happening and shut it all down. Upon inspection I realized the CPU and board were not cooked and luckily it was just my data drive (read: local copy of DropBox).  Unfortunately my joy was short lived as I am now having intermittent system freezes.  I wanted to ask what the procedure for trying to determine exactly what is failing.  I assume it's either ram or Mobo or CPU or a combo.  Do I start with the RAM first?  I figured I would do the following:. Buy and test new ram.  If system still hangs, return ram and get a different CPU.  If problems still persist then replace the Mobo and hopefully the d CPU is still good. Does this sound about right to start the troubleshooting process?  Thanks 

[Norwegiantweaker]

did you turn off any of the milion features everyone have to keep this from happening lmao 

[TheGlenlivet]

Restore default settings and verify the system is stable.  As said, you should not have been able to hurt anything, but just to be sure, run some games/benchmarks/torture tests to verify stability on the stock configuration.

[Hand_Solo]

11 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Restore default settings and verify the system is stable.  As said, you should not have been able to hurt anything, but just to be sure, run some games/benchmarks/torture tests to verify stability on the stock configuration.

Will do.  If the system is still unstable should I proceed with my aforementioned plan of action?  Thanks for you reply.

[Tristerin]

You aren't going to kill the silicone with 1 overheat.  They will shut themselves off way before something truly burns.   Reset everything back to stock, hell Id reinstall OS before thinking that the chip got hit.

 

I too have a Golden R7 1700 - hitting 3.8ghz all core on stock voltages (1.18vcore).  Getting my custom loop in so I can crank up the voltages as well to push it further   Dang shipping windows.

[TheGlenlivet]

7 minutes ago, Hand_Solo said:

Will do.  If the system is still unstable should I proceed with my aforementioned plan of action?  Thanks for you reply.

If it's unstable at stock clocks and settings then yes, you would want to RMA the damaged component and hope they warranty it for you.  

 

EDIT- But as said above, multiple times, you should NOT have damaged anything.

[Hand_Solo]

On 5/28/2019 at 2:32 PM, Tristerin said:

You aren't going to kill the silicone with 1 overheat.  They will shut themselves off way before something truly burns.   Reset everything back to stock, hell Id reinstall OS before thinking that the chip got hit.

 

I too have a Golden R7 1700 - hitting 3.8ghz all core on stock voltages (1.18vcore).  Getting my custom loop in so I can crank up the voltages as well to push it further   Dang shipping windows.

Thank you.  Reset to factory then OC back to 4.1, not pushing 4.2 again.  It ran fine for a few days before becoming unstable.  I wonder what changed.  Thank you and everyone for the advice.

[Hand_Solo]

My rig:.  Pardon the terrible pic.

[Hand_Solo]

Just now, Hand_Solo said:

My rig:.  Pardon the terrible pic.

It's the lighting making that beautifully hand done satin tubing look different colors.  In real life they all look like the tubes running to and from the CPU.