Asus Mobo "Optimal Mode" problem

[WaterCooledX]

So, out of curiosity I decided to get the average frame rates from a few games, and then turn on "Optimal" mode to see if it would make a difference, and instead of 3.4Ghz (3.811Ghz max 1 core) on a 3570k it went up to 4.2Ghz, didn't notice a difference so I changed it back to "Normal"....only problem is the OC is still there and will not go away....suggestions?

[WoodenMarker]

Have you tried putting the settings back to default?

[WaterCooledX]

Have you tried putting the settings back to default?

As in clicking on "Normal" ? or going back to bios default settings?

[WoodenMarker]

As in clicking on "Normal" ? or going back to bios default settings?

Bios default.

[WaterCooledX]

Bios default.

No, although I may have settings in there I would like to keep so I'm reluctant to do that...here's the story: Everything in it is new but the hard drive, I took it out of my old computer and it was..."restored to dissimilar hardware" without formatting it or anything...so I'm not 100% sure that it would be a good idea to do that, could be talking outta my A** though not sure.

[OneGun]

No, although I may have settings in there I would like to keep so I'm reluctant to do that...here's the story: Everything in it is new but the hard drive, I took it out of my old computer and it was..."restored to dissimilar hardware" without formatting it or anything...so I'm not 100% sure that it would be a good idea to do that, could be talking outta my A** though not sure.

Just go into your multiplier and set it to 38..Or set system default in bios..It should not change anything important..Plus when i go into my Sabertooth bios every time it ask if i want to load previous values..So even if you mess it up you can go back in and reload previous values..If yours is like mine at least..

[WaterCooledX]

Just go into your multiplier and set it to 38..Or set system default in bios..It should not change anything important..Plus when i go into my Sabertooth bios every time it ask if i want to load previous values..So even if you mess it up you can go back in and reload previous values..If yours is like mine at least..

Okay, will go do that now, be back in a few.

[WoodenMarker]

No, although I may have settings in there I would like to keep so I'm reluctant to do that...here's the story: Everything in it is new but the hard drive, I took it out of my old computer and it was..."restored to dissimilar hardware" without formatting it or anything...so I'm not 100% sure that it would be a good idea to do that, could be talking outta my A** though not sure.

I hope you can fix your problem without much hassle but it's generally recommended to reinstall windows to make sure the drivers are all working fine.

[OneGun]

Let me know if you have any problems as i have the asus sabertooth and i will try and do what i can to figure out your issue.. :)

[WaterCooledX]

Lol nope, it messed things up by resetting to defaults and now I'm BSODING again like I was right when I put the old harddrive in the new computer....3 days of work h ere I come :(

[OneGun]

You can't reset everything back to previous values?Try setting your HDD to AHCI in bios..

[WaterCooledX]

It's more complicated, I didn't do the restore but I know it took days, thanks for the help guys.

[WaterCooledX]

Update: Fixed it, the reset to default got rid of the "optimal" (yeah right) mode and I'm back to stock frequency, although I had to deal with the messed up hard drive as I explained above..if I hadn't been such a ding dong and recorded the BIOS changes that were made to get it to run I could have avoided all of this....oh well, first time for everything right?