Attempted Overclock; very bad

[skylineseeker]

Hey guys; I’m hoping you can help. I tried to overclock my Ryzen 5 1600 on an ASRock B450-HDV R4, and after I reboot, it wouldn’t post, it just hung at the ASRock screen and I couldn’t get into the bios. Now it won’t show a picture, it won’t power my RGB keyboard via USB. Power light is on, and all fans (case, CPU and GPU) are spinning. I tried removing the CMOS battery for 5 minutes as well as holding down the power button for 30 seconds while the battery was out. I tried resetting via the CMOS pins (don’t have the cap, but used a screwdriver across the pins). Nothing has worked. I’ve got the CMOS battery out and plan to leave it out for awhile.

 

Any thoughts? Did I fry something?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, skylineseeker said:

Hey guys; I’m hoping you can help. I tried to overclock my Ryzen 5 1600 on an ASRock B450-HDV R4, and after I reboot, it wouldn’t post, it just hung at the ASRock screen and I couldn’t get into the bios. Now it won’t show a picture, it won’t power my RGB keyboard via USB. Power light is on, and all fans (case, CPU and GPU) are spinning. I tried removing the CMOS battery for 5 minutes as well as holding down the power button for 30 seconds while the battery was out. I tried resetting via the CMOS pins (don’t have the cap, but used a screwdriver across the pins). Nothing has worked. I’ve got the CMOS battery out and plan to leave it out for awhile.

 

Any thoughts? Did I fry something?

It shouldn't have gotten far enough to fry anything. This is typical for bad overclocks. My system does that as well and I just have to hit the clear CMOS button on the back, or short the two clear CMOS pins. 

 

Just an FYI, use the clear CMOS jumpers as it's much quicker and simpler than removing the battery. Just grab your screwdriver or a pair of scissors and short the two pins for 10-15 seconds. That's all. 

[skylineseeker]

3 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

It shouldn't have gotten far enough to fry anything. This is typical for bad overclocks. My system does that as well and I just have to hit the clear CMOS button on the back, or short the two clear CMOS pins. 

 

Just an FYI, use the clear CMOS jumpers as it's much quicker and simpler than removing the battery. Just grab your screwdriver or a pair of scissors and short the two pins for 10-15 seconds. That's all. 

Doesn’t work unfortunately. I’ve tried resetting the CMOS via the CMOS jumper with a screw driver, safety pin, a different screwdriver five times. Nothing. I’ve tried removing the CMOS battery for 5 minutes and an hour. Nothing. 

[skylineseeker]

Further update; I’ve swapped out the CPU, RAM and tried with and without the GPU, still nothing. The only thing I haven’t been able to swap out (because I don’t have another on hand) is the MOBO

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

12 hours ago, skylineseeker said:

Further update; I’ve swapped out the CPU, RAM and tried with and without the GPU, still nothing. The only thing I haven’t been able to swap out (because I don’t have another on hand) is the MOBO

How far did you push it? I haven't heard of anyone who has bricked their board from a bad (not unreasonable) overclock. Though I'm not ruling out that isn't possible.