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MSI Z97 G55 SLI Overclocking 4690K... can't?

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Hey LTT,

 

In the overclocking pane of my motherboard's BIOS, the CPU multiplier cannot be changed. I just want to put my 4690K to 4.0GHz (something very modest even at stock voltage).

 

I don't know if I have to enable any settings to actually overclock my CPU as I'm pretty new to overclocking (first overclockable chip apart from my 8320). OC Genie will do it even though I'm locked out of it manually, but I don't trust it at all.

 

Anyone have some advice?

 

From what I know, with MSi motherboards, you need to manually key the value in, or use the "+" or "-" keys on the number pad.

i.e. type in "44", or press the "+" multiple times until it indicated 44.

 

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Hey LTT,

 

In the overclocking pane of my motherboard's BIOS, the CPU multiplier cannot be changed. I just want to put my 4690K to 4.0GHz (something very modest even at stock voltage).

 

I don't know if I have to enable any settings to actually overclock my CPU as I'm pretty new to overclocking (first overclockable chip apart from my 8320). OC Genie will do it even though I'm locked out of it manually, but I don't trust it at all.

 

Anyone have some advice?

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use the + / - buttons  to change the multiplier

 

or key the number in directly. for 44x type in the numbers 4 4

 

pushing enter or right clicking on the box wont do anything

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Hey LTT,

 

In the overclocking pane of my motherboard's BIOS, the CPU multiplier cannot be changed. I just want to put my 4690K to 4.0GHz (something very modest even at stock voltage).

 

I don't know if I have to enable any settings to actually overclock my CPU as I'm pretty new to overclocking (first overclockable chip apart from my 8320). OC Genie will do it even though I'm locked out of it manually, but I don't trust it at all.

 

Anyone have some advice?

 

From what I know, with MSi motherboards, you need to manually key the value in, or use the "+" or "-" keys on the number pad.

i.e. type in "44", or press the "+" multiple times until it indicated 44.

 

@ProKoN beat me to it!

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use the + / - buttons  to change the multiplier

 

or key the number in directly. for 44x type in the numbers 4 4

 

pushing enter or right clicking on the box wont do anything

 

Well that's it! Don't I feel dumb, haha. All the other modifiable fields had brackets - [ ] - around them to change values. The multiplier didn't.

 

Well I feel dumb. Don't mind me...

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Well that's it! Don't I feel dumb, haha. All the other modifiable fields had brackets - [ ] - around them to change values. The multiplier didn't.

 

Well I feel dumb. Don't mind me...

stumps alot of people

 

even messed me up at one point

 

be thankful for the community and live tech support!

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