i7 4790k reboot loop

[Outs1d3r81]

Hi,

 

I need some help I have a i7 4790k on a G1 Sniper motherboard. I have been slowly over locking the processor and had it at a stable overclock of 4.3ghz with 1.125v When I started the next increment to 4.3ghz at 1.250v my PC will boot to the login screen but restarts almost immediately. I assumed (possibly incorrectly) that this was a sign of instability and went back to the previous overclock but however I saw the same result with it booting to the login screen and restarting. Reset everything back to stock but the loop persists.

 

Could the loop have been caused by the overclock is of is it a red herring and the loop is in fact created by something else. Any help will be appreciated.

[roylapoutre]

First, you shouldn't increase the voltage so drastically. 1.125v to 1.250v is a huge gap ! You have to go slowly, 0.01v at a time, don't rush things. I currently have an i7 4790k completely stable at 4.6GHz and only 1.2v. You should be fine running yours at 4.4-4.5GHz and only 1.19-1.20v and test it like that.

 

I don't know about the reboot loop though, I've never had that when the overclocking wasn't stable. Any problem due to overclocking results in no boot at all in extreme cases or crashes during load for me... Try dialing down the voltage and retry, maybe your chip isn't happy when you push the voltage, it can happen

[Outs1d3r81]

42 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

First, you shouldn't increase the voltage so drastically. 1.125v to 1.250v is a huge gap ! You have to go slowly, 0.01v at a time, don't rush things. I currently have an i7 4790k completely stable at 4.6GHz and only 1.2v. You should be fine running yours at 4.4-4.5GHz and only 1.19-1.20v and test it like that.

 

I don't know about the reboot loop though, I've never had that when the overclocking wasn't stable. Any problem due to overclocking results in no boot at all in extreme cases or crashes during load for me... Try dialing down the voltage and retry, maybe your chip isn't happy when you push the voltage, it can happen

Thanks for the reply I mistyped the jump was only about 0.05v but I will take the advice on board as it is definitely good advice. I suspect the out loop is something else but I needed to confirm.

[roylapoutre]

3 minutes ago, Outs1d3r81 said:

Thanks for the reply I mistyped the jump was only about 0.05v but I will take the advice on board as it is definitely good advice. I suspect the out loop is something else but I needed to confirm.

Yeah totally, the loop seems to be unrelated to the overclocking. When you say the loop happens at the login screen, is it every time ? Is it a reboot or a complete crash that forces you to restart the computer ? Could you post your specs, especially the PSU ?  Weird stuff like that might be PSU related. 

[Outs1d3r81]

6 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

Yeah totally, the loop seems to be unrelated to the overclocking. When you say the loop happens at the login screen, is it every time ? Is it a reboot or a complete crash that forces you to restart the computer ? Could you post your specs, especially the PSU ?  Weird stuff like that might be PSU related. 

Hi

 

It's a reboot (everytime) not a crash that why it is odd. Windows picks up that it did not start properly after the second time so I may need to do a repair. 

 

My complete specs are :

 

Asus Strix GTX1080 8OG 

Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87

i7 4790k

Corsair H100iGTX V2 Cooler

Corsair RM850x PSU

Edited July 21, 2016 by Outs1d3r81
Forgot to say it is a reboot everytime

[roylapoutre]

8 minutes ago, Outs1d3r81 said:

Hi

 

It's a reboot (everytime) not a crash that why it is odd. Windows picks up that it did not start properly after the second time so I may need to do a repair. 

 

My complete specs are :

 

Asus Strix GTX1080 8OG 

Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87

i7 4790k

Corsair H100iGTX V2 Cooler

Corsair RM850x PSU

Yeah seeing your specs, the only explanation I see is Windows related. Try a startup repair and if this doesn't work, a complete wipe might do the job. But it's definitely software related and not hardware related imo.

[Outs1d3r81]

11 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

Yeah seeing your specs, the only explanation I see is Windows related. Try a startup repair and if this doesn't work, a complete wipe might do the job. But it's definitely software related and not hardware related imo.

Thought so was hoping to avoid a clean install but it may be necessary.

[Outs1d3r81]

So got it to boot by going into safe mode. Installed Gigabyte eastune the day before yesterday as part of the installation to check for a new BIOS. Figured as it was new it may be the offending software uninstalled it and bam problem solved.