Overclocking broke everything

[MbV93]

Hey, I was overclocking my FX 4300 and everything was going fine. I had reached 4.5GHz and just finished a half hour prime95 small FTT's test so I decided to fire up Battlefield 4 to see if it was stable enough to game, it suddenly froze so I was like whatever it needs more voltage... I pressed the restart button and I haven't been able to get back into Windows again, it just shows attempting repairs and fails. How could overclocking break Windows? I was just at 1.35v. Help, I don't want to download all my games again >_<

[GodSpoon]

You set your cpu back to the default clock speed in the bios? 

 

If you can't did you try clearing the CMOS? 

[Redsun20]

Try clearing your CMOS. Your CPU may be making errors or locking up due to not enough voltage

[gilm0re3]

Clear your CMOS.

[Aetherial]

CMOS clearing sounds like the most eligible option here bud.

[SImoHayha]

Hey, I was overclocking my FX 4300 and everything was going fine. I had reached 4.5GHz and just finished a half hour prime95 small FTT's test so I decided to fire up Battlefield 4 to see if it was stable enough to game, it suddenly froze so I was like whatever it needs more voltage... I pressed the restart button and I haven't been able to get back into Windows again, it just shows attempting repairs and fails. How could overclocking break Windows? I was just at 1.35v. Help, I don't want to download all my games again >_<

First off don't do a stress test....just do some normal things with them...like open multiple windows....play a game....have music playing while playing a game

[MbV93]

You set your cpu back to the default clock speed in the bios?

If you can't did you try clearing the CMOS?

I'm fully able to go into bios, I have already loaded optimized defaults. Still, Windows goes into "attempting repairs" and "diagnosing your PC" weird.

[Gas_Mask_]

I'm fully able to go into bios, I have already loaded optimized defaults. Still, Windows goes into "attempting repairs" and "diagnosing your PC" weird.

 

Don't let do that. Just select "Start Windows Normally" when it boots.

[MbV93]

Don't let do that. Just select "Start Windows Normally" when it boots.

It doesn't say anything, a screen with the windows logo appears and reads "preparing automatic repair" after it does its thing, I can go into advanced options and select "Continue to Windows 8.1" but it gets stuck in a black screen. I don't get it, everything was fine.

[MbV93]

Cleared CMOS already, still can't get into Windows, I guess I'll start loading Windows into a USB Drive... I just don't get what happened.