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Overclocking a FX-6300 on a GA-990FXA-UD3

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Alright this is gonna sound absurd. I should've started overclocking like a year ago,but I have my Water cooled 6300 and its 3.5 Ghz. i have seen some people overclock to about 5.0 but im wanting to go to about 4.2 Ghz. Ill go into my BIOS and change everything and ill "Save and Exit" and ill just get black screen right. and nothing will happen, So ill hold down the off button to completely turn it off and turn it back on and i know i didnt let it go through by turning it off and turning it on but everything else but my CPU Frequency will change so all my other settings are changed in CPU-Z but not the Frequency which is still in 3.5 Ghz. I dont know whats wrong. i dont know if i dont have my administrator or what but its kinda BS. I really need help quick as possible.

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It could be a failed overclocked, with some settings reverting so it can POST.

Are you going straight for 4.2? Try a minimal overclock first, see it boot fine, and then work your way up, stress test, etc. It will eventually fail, you'll have to adjust voltage, and all that, but first try something easy to check you have it under control.

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Just now, creedism said:

Alright ill try that youre talking about the CMOS battery? Because one thing is when i click on "Save and Exit" i get a black screen and it doesnt go back to loading up Windows? I didnt think my CMOS battery would affect that.

 

It doesn't, the overclock you set probably wasn't able to post, that's why you get the black screen. When you remove the CMOS battery for a while, the bios will reset to default settings.

 

I would advise to overclock in small steps of about 300Mhz at a time, until the system is not able to get to windows, If the temperatures are still within reason (<75) at this point you can increase the voltage and continue raising the frequency. Stress-test for about 15-30 min between each step, and do a full 8 hour stress test to verify your final overclock.

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5 minutes ago, creedism said:

I took out my CMOS and it didnt reset but im thinking it didnt because i turned my switch to off on my PSU could that be why?

you probably didn't take it out long enough. the capacitors will hold a charge. Turn off your PSU, take out the battery, push the power button (with the PSU off. this can help discharge some of the capacitors), leave battery out for 30sec. Put it back in, turn on PSU, turn on PC. Should be good.

 

You can also just short the CMOS reset pins when the PC is off which should work.

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1 hour ago, creedism said:

Alright.. I took out my CMOS battery and it reset my settings but still going in small increments i "Save and Exit" and it gives me a black screen and never puts me into Windows?!??! I still need help please

Ok, That's "normal" it just means either the frequency setting is too high or the voltage it too low. You will have to reset the BIOS (i.e. remove CMOS battery for a while) every time the PC is not able to post, all settings will be reverted to default.

 

I would advise to look up an overclocking guide specifically for your motherboard, as each manufacturers BIOS is slightly different.

What settings do you change when you overclock? On most motherboards it doesn't work if you just key in a higher frequency and leave everything else at auto.

 

Also, what CPU cooler do you have? The stock cooler probably won't allow for a significant overclock. 

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