Could Overclocking Damage OS?

[Matt115]

Recently I’ve built a new pc, and it ran well, untill i decided to overclock my ram without knowning what i was doing. I set the ram target speed higher without changing anything else. Windows didnt boot, so i put it back to default. It still has not booted since.  Ive tested new ram, clearing cmos, updating bios, everything seems fine but it still runs into “service_error_exception.”  Ive ran sysscan in safe mode and it said no violations were found.  Could the os be messed up? Im planning a reinstall of windows later

[kelvinhall05]

GG RAM maybe. If you have other DIMMs to test with try those.

[Xenift]

Yeah that is a possibility, as random shutdowns can cause registry failure in certain cases. But the issue is not directly related to the overclocking of the ram, rather the abrupt shutdown caused by it.

[Matt115]

Ive tested new ram and it didnt work either. Ive tried many things, if the windows install doesnt work maybe new mobo? It seems to be working fine