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I fixed it. The issue was I misread a bios option and only turned off an aspect of c1e and not disabled it entirely. However, now I'm facing a different problem entirely. My clock is completely stable and runs fine but cpuz shows 1.28v and my bios shows 1.265. Same with CPUID Hwmonitor. It's not like the extra volts are a problem, but if I had my voltage that high, I might as well squeeze out another 100mhz or so.

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I have an i5 4690k and an MSI Z97M-G43 motherboard. I have it overclocked to 4.4 Ghz at 1.265v. It passed an 8 hour prime95 stress test. However, when I sit the PC at idle or under very low load, it usually crashes after about 20 minutes and my UEFI says the overclock failed. I don't know what to do. When I look at the idle voltage on cpuz it shows it as jumping around from 0.056 to 0.186 and under load it jumps up to 1.28v and stays there. It has never crashed under load, only during idle. I think it has to do with the idle voltage going too low but I dont know how to fix it.

Edit: I should state that it crashes on any overclock I have except for the base clock. Even if the clock is stable. It crashed on idle running a very low 4.1 Ghz at 1.2v.

Keep in mind, temperatures are not a problem. I'm getting around 32 degrees Celsius on idle and around 68-72 on load.

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question which version of the BIOS are you using?

 

http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z97MG43.html#down-bios

 

it could be a BIOS related issue

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question which version of the BIOS are you using?

 

http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z97MG43.html#down-bios

 

it could be a BIOS related issue

Where do I see what version I'm using?

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What kind of voltage are you using? Adaptive?

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What kind of voltage are you using? Adaptive?

In the UEFI, it gives me the option to set it as auto, adaptive, offset, or override. I tried all of them except offset. Also it doesn't give me the option to set the core voltage mode only. It says something like "Voltage core/ring/ something else idk: auto"

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In the UEFI, it gives me the option to set it as auto, adaptive, offset, or override. I tried all of them except offset. Also it doesn't give me the option to set the core voltage mode only. It says something like "Voltage core/ring/ something else idk: auto"

Give offset a try. Did your voltage still drop in override? It shouldn't.

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Give offset a try. Did your voltage still drop in override? It shouldn't.

Yes but not as much. It stays around .156v in override. And idk how to configure offset. Do I set a min and max voltage?

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Yes but not as much. It stays around .156v in override. And idk how to configure offset. Do I set a min and max voltage?

If I understand it correctly(never used it), the board will use stock voltage as a baseline and you make adjustments from there, adding or taking away from it.

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If I understand it correctly(never used it), the board will use stock voltage as a baseline and you make adjustments from there, adding or taking away from it.

it gives me two options. Offset and offset mode. So I assume I leave offset to auto and offset mode to the voltage I want?

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Where do I see what version I'm using?

you will have to see it in the BIOS itself

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see in the BIOS you can do this

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/18698-note-on-haswell-psu-compatibility/

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I already have c7 disabled.

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Weird i say

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Sorry for the lack of detail I don't remember exactly what they did

Im pretty sure I have turbo boost disabled. I'm not home right now so I can't check. I'll try after work.

It may be you just need to back off the OC just alittle bit.  Ive had that problem with my 8350 before.

Yeah maybe, but the clock is really stable. It seems more of a voltage problem. It still crashes at 4.1ghz, which is an extremely pathetically low clock for this cpu.

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Im pretty sure I have turbo boost disabled. I'm not home right now so I can't check. I'll try after work. Yeah maybe, but the clock is really stable. It seems more of a voltage problem. It still crashes at 4.1ghz, which is an extremely pathetically low clock for this cpu.

Dont worry, my FX 8350 cant get over 4.3ghz while ive seen others go to 5ghz.  It makes me feel as if I've failed as a father and i dont even have a child yet!

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Dont worry, my FX 8350 cant get over 4.3ghz while ive seen others go to 5ghz. It makes me feel as if I've failed as a father and i dont even have a child yet!

Yeah, haha same with my 6300. It's not that I can't with this cpu though. I can actually hit a stable 4.5 ghz, I just don't like using close to 1.3v. I lowered it to 4.4 but it crashes for some reason. Even if I lock it to 3.9, the BASE turbo speed, it crashes on idle. But if I let it turbo it's self, it's fine.

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Yeah, haha same with my 6300. It's not that I can't with this cpu though. I can actually hit a stable 4.5 ghz, I just don't like using close to 1.3v. I lowered it to 4.4 but it crashes for some reason. Even if I lock it to 3.9, the BASE turbo speed, it crashes on idle. But if I let it turbo it's self, it's fine.

How long have you had the proccessor also are you sure its not the mobo?  I have a friend who has this exact problem and it turned out the cpu and mobo was bad.  

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How long have you had the proccessor also are you sure its not the mobo?  I have a friend who has this exact problem and it turned out the cpu and mobo was bad.

I had it for only a few weeks.

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My friend had that mobo and his 24pin wasnt connected all the way and if he would jiggle his desk it would turn off

Its crashing to the UEFI screen that says the overclock failed. It's not lack of power to the mobo.

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