Something is wrong... i need help trouble shooting

[TwoFace]

so i built my first pc a few months back... its great and all but its not without its quirks... here are the specs:

 

i7-5820k (cpu)

evga 980ti hybrid (gpu)

msi x99a mpower (mobo)

evga supernova 850w (psu)

16gb corsair vengeance lpx ddr4 (ram)

corsair h110i gtx (cpu cooler)

 

now that thats out of the way here are my issues.... ive been having problems overclocking the cpu AT ALL... if i change anything by the smallest amount (literally) i get a "this is an unstable overclock" error... which is odd to me cause i had it running perfectly at 4.2 for like the first month after the pc was built (stock clock is 3.3). plus i have really good cooling. so i thought maybe it was my psu not supplying enough power any more... for whatever reason, i bought a tester on amazon and everything is fine: http://imgur.com/c80wMbg no errors or anything.... another weird thing is when i tried using oc genie (cause for some reason i thought itd be more stable than a manual oc) it disabled my ethernet port and my on board sound card in the bios when resetting bios settings to default.... when i tried to turn them back on (mind you thats the only thing i did in the bios at all) it gave me that "unstable overclock" error again.... i didnt touch the cpu at all.... idk im just frusterated.... i think i might have a bunk mobo but i wanted to get some second opinions before contacting msi tech support. what do you guys think? did i burn out my cpu and im sol? is my mobo bad? ask any questions you need to i just really want to get to the bottom of this...

[Low_Battery]

2 minutes ago, TwoFace said:

so i built my first pc a few months back... its great and all but its not without its quirks... here are the specs:

 

i7-5820k (cpu)

evga 980ti hybrid (gpu)

msi x99a mpower (mobo)

evga supernova 850w (psu)

16gb corsair vengeance lpx ddr4 (ram)

corsair h110i gtx (cpu cooler)

 

now that thats out of the way here are my issues.... ive been having problems overclocking the cpu AT ALL... if i change anything by the smallest amount (literally) i get a "this is an unstable overclock" error... which is odd to me cause i had it running perfectly at 4.2 for like the first month after the pc was built (stock clock is 3.3). plus i have really good cooling. so i thought maybe it was my psu not supplying enough power any more... for whatever reason, i bought a tester on amazon and everything is fine: http://imgur.com/c80wMbg no errors or anything.... another weird thing is when i tried using oc genie (cause for some reason i thought itd be more stable than a manual oc) it disabled my ethernet port and my on board sound card in the bios when resetting bios settings to default.... when i tried to turn them back on (mind you thats the only thing i did in the bios at all) it gave me that "unstable overclock" error again.... i didnt touch the cpu at all.... idk im just frusterated.... i think i might have a bunk mobo but i wanted to get some second opinions before contacting msi tech support. what do you guys think? did i burn out my cpu and im sol? is my mobo bad? ask any questions you need to i just really want to get to the bottom of this...

Don't use the auto OC - can cause a lot of instability and always better to do manually.

 

Did you increase the voltage during your OC, if so, to what?

[littlelegsone]

try clearing cmos and try again

[TwoFace]

24 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Don't use the auto OC - can cause a lot of instability and always better to do manually.

 

Did you increase the voltage during your OC, if so, to what?

1.3v manually (yeah i dont know what i was thinking with the auto oc thing.... just grasping for something i guess)

 

21 minutes ago, littlelegsone said:

try clearing cmos and try again

ive done that about three times now and it dosnt work out

[Low_Battery]

1 minute ago, TwoFace said:

2 minutes ago, TwoFace said:

1.3v manually (yeah i dont know what i was thinking with the auto oc thing.... just grasping for something i guess)

 

What were your temps like / what are they currently?

[littlelegsone]

3 minutes ago, TwoFace said:

ive done that about three times now and it dosnt work out

looks like your cpu hates you 

[TwoFace]

8 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

What were your temps like / what are they currently?

current temps are 25c (not streesing it currently) stressed temps back then hit 66c at the hottest it ever was

[Low_Battery]

3 minutes ago, TwoFace said:

current temps are 25c (not streesing it currently) stressed temps back then hit 66c at the hottest it ever was

Is your board throwing any codes?

[TwoFace]

7 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Is your board throwing any codes?

um... not that i know of? you talking about the beeping? (this is where my lack of knowledge starts)

[Low_Battery]

8 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Is your board throwing any codes?

Also, when you tried clearing the CMOS, did you just press the button, or did you hold it in? Or did you remove the battery for a long period of time? Capacitors store electricity and if you don't do it long enough, sometimes they will not reset.

[Low_Battery]

1 minute ago, TwoFace said:

um... not that i know of? you talking about the beeping? (this is where my lack of knowledge starts)

Link me to your exact MB please. Usually a mpower would have a LED readout, or at least some trouble shooting LEDs.

[TwoFace]

Just now, Low_Battery said:

Also, when you tried clearing the CMOS, did you just press the button, or did you hold it in? Or did you remove the battery for a long period of time? Capacitors store electricity and if you don't do it long enough, sometimes they will not reset.

i just pressed it.... i think. i dont really remember... was a couple months ago.

[Low_Battery]

Just now, TwoFace said:

i just pressed it.... i think. i dont really remember... was a couple months ago.

Try holding in for at least 10 to 20 seconds

[Low_Battery]

Or removing the battery for 20 - 30 seconds.

[TwoFace]

1 minute ago, Low_Battery said:

Link me to your exact MB please. Usually a mpower would have a LED readout, or at least some trouble shooting LEDs.

oh yeah... thats what you mean... um, probably should have payed attention to those...

[TwoFace]

Just now, Low_Battery said:

Try holding in for at least 10 to 20 seconds

youre really good at making me sound ignorant/stupid haha

[Low_Battery]

Just now, TwoFace said:

oh yeah... thats what you mean... um, probably should have payed attention to those...

Never too late Is your system still not doing this?

[Low_Battery]

Just now, TwoFace said:

youre really good at making me sound ignorant/stupid haha

Just trying to help you troubleshoot and fix =P

[TwoFace]

3 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Just trying to help you troubleshoot and fix =P

i appreciate it...  um maybe ill try to oc again today and see how it works out, give you some feed back. cause i dont have any of the error codes saved anywhere... unless the mobo stores them somewhere im unaware of

[TwoFace]

6 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Never too late Is your system still not doing this?

only does it when i try to oc (not currently oc'ed)

[-rascal-]

9 minutes ago, Low_Battery said:

Link me to your exact MB please. Usually a mpower would have a LED readout, or at least some trouble shooting LEDs.

This should be the board -- MSi X99 MPOWER. 

 

@TwoFace your motherboard should have an LED debug code read-out.

According to MSi's pictures, should be on the top-right corner of the motherboard.

 

[TwoFace]

Just now, -rascal- said:

This should be the board -- MSi X99 MPOWER. 

 

@TwoFace your motherboard should have an LED debug code read-out.

According to MSi's pictures, should be on the top-right corner of the motherboard.

 

right i figured that out... i just have never kept a log of them

[-rascal-]

Just now, TwoFace said:

right i figured that out... i just have never kept a log of them

 

Also, post a few pictures of your BIOS settings.

By the way, your motherboard has the feature to take screenshots while in BIOS.

Plug a USB flash drive in, and press F12 to capture.

[Low_Battery]

1 hour ago, TwoFace said:

right i figured that out... i just have never kept a log of them

I thought of one other thing I should have mentioned before.  If you have not already, check your current BOIS version compared to the latest available and update/flash if not the most recent version.