I...don't even know.

DavidYpres · December 23, 2017

Alright a small backstory. I have the following:

i7 6700k

MSI Xpower Titanium Gaming Edition motherboard

2x8GB Corsair Dominator Plat DDR4 3000MHz

750W EVGA Supernova 80+ Gold

Asus Direct CU II R9 290 (don't hate, it still works fine)

So I had my CPU overclocked to 4.85GHz at 1.400 volts, stable after an 8 hour realbench run; BIOS is the current revision, XMP enabled, all is well.

My 2 year old son hit my power button while I was using the computer, and then I began getting the ME-FW Bios error and everything went screwy. My main monitor would no longer come on, only the secondary with that half of my desktop but it would boot to Windows.

I took my CMOS battery out for a full reset, problem persisted. I switched to the backup BIOS, flashed it to the newest revision, same problem. I then switched the cables on my monitors and then it worked again. Yay!

The issue now is that if I do a manual overclock in the BIOS, it just reboots back into the BIOS and won't go to Windows. The preset overclocks work, though, up to 4.6GHz but anything higher won't POST.

Anyone have any ideas? I tried Google but I couldn't really find anything that fits my scenario.

If more info is needed, let me know. Thanks!

m0k · December 23, 2017

I would create a ticket and get in touch with MSI technical support

i would completely ignore the part about your 2yr old though

They might just brush you off by saying user-error

Just say you updated the bios and now you cant hit the same overclocks anymore

one thing i would try before - is it possible to revert back to the bios revision you had before the mishap?

DavidYpres · December 23, 2017

I've been running the same revision since May, as that was the last update for my board. I just find it weird that the 4.6GHz preset works yet if I enter the exact same specifications manually, no dice.