Various Fixes

[m1n1h4mm3rd]

I recently did a whole bunch of upgrades and multiple pull-downs and re-builds of my PC, and I ran into quite a few issues here and there. I wish more people posted about little issues they encountered and what they did to fix them. It could have come in very handy for me, so I hope this helps at least one person! Please feel free to let me know if anything here actually fixes whatever needs fixing/troubleshooting!

 

System powering for a few seconds, shutting off, and repeating.

 

This happened to me after I overclocked my CPU. I don't know what I did wrong, but it came down to a setting in the BIOS. All I had to do was clear the CMOS. To do this:

a) Disconnect power from the system. Remove your CMOS (2032) coin battery from the motherboard. Hold down the power button for about 10 seconds. (in some cases, you may have to leave it for a good 15 minutes).

b) Disconnect power from the system. On your board, there will be a set of 3 pins (like the front I/O headers) usually along the bottom. There will be a small plastic cap on the 2 left pins in the row of 3. Use a pair of pliers or steady fingers to move the cap to the right 2 pins; leaving the left pin empty. Leave it here for about 15 minutes. Return, then put the cap back into the original position and all should be good and dandy.

 

 

CPU running way too hot after small overclock (i5-4670K).

 

After overclocking my CPU to just 3.8GHz (to start off), my CPU was reaching almost 90 degrees celcius under 100% load (cooled by the H100i). In the end it was just the fact that I upped my voltage quite a bit too much.

It was at 1.3v, so I slowly dropped it down until the system decided not to power on. I managed to bring it down to 1.07v and max temp is 67 degrees celcius under max load. The lower the voltage; the lower the temps!

 

 

ASUS Gryphon Z87 I/O fan is too loud.

 

The Gryphon 'TUF' armour kit comes with a 35mm fan which sits behind the rear I/O plate. It's there to keep air flowing underneath the plastic dust cover. It makes a hell of a racket.

Yes, it can be removed without causing damage. Just make sure you have a generally well ventilated case. My chipset doesn't go higher than 65 degrees celcius which is perfectly safe.

 

 

 

[Askew]

Cool, the voltage increasing temps is the golden rule of overclocking basically, and yeah the tiny fans in the covered boards are very annoying sounding and can be safely removed without causing any issues, the little covers that screw in where the fans go after removal look better too.