Asus A88x Gamer - AMD Overdrive issue

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Qlimax_airsoft

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Hi all,

Recently I purchased an Asus A88x gamer motherboard which I have an AMD 860k CPU on. I installed AMD Overdrive but when I run it my PC instantly shuts down without warning and reboots.

Has anybody else had this issue ? if so do you know what was causing the issue. I’ve stress testing the PC and it’s stable.

Thanks
 
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My motherboard has the latest BIOS update but AMD Overdrive has never worked. I’ve contacted AMD and they’ve advised me that it doesn’t work with all motherboards, they said that since I have AI Suite for my Asus board then Overdrive will conflict with that and make it shutdown. I’m currently waiting for an answer as to why it does it without AI Suite installed as it does this with and without it.
 
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I actually have the exact same issue and hardware.

After installing it I double click the desktop icon, accept the disclaimer and it begins to initialise. During this process my computer crashes and reboots. Does anyone have suggestions on what I could try or what I might be doing wrong. I have tried disabling all the odd bios functions etc. I notice the OverDrive services are running after the reboot.

Specs:

Graphics Chipset
AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series (Latest Crimson Drivers)

CPU Type
AMD Athlon(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor

Windows Version
Windows 10 Pro 64bit

MainBoard
Asus A88X Gamer

Power
Cougar 850w

Ram
4 x 4g HyperFury Blue

I ended up using the bios to tweak my cpu but I'm not really sure if i have succeeded as it is a weird bios to work with.


 
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Same issue as well 860k and asus a88x plus.

Overdrive reboots pc when double click the icon. Removed Ai suite and ran the asus Ai suite removal tool and still same issue.
All I care about is getting proper temperature readout when playing Fallout 4 and for overclocking potential. HWinfo64/HWmonitor reads stupid numbers like 85-105c on cpu 0 package where Ai suite would read 41c while playing. Cpu cooler is more than adequate- Be Quiet! Pure Rock 150 tdw
Also I want to say the 860k does not bottleneck my Zotac Gtx 960. Playing fallout 4 high to ultra settings at 50-65 fps gpu hit 98% while cpu balances all 4 cores around 60-75% maybe this is due to dx12 but it is a very capable cpu. All stock except overclocked ram at 10 11 10 29 Adata xpg v2 at 2133 MHz.

Hope someone can chime in with a solution.
 
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Same issue as well 860k and asus a88x plus.

Overdrive reboots pc when double click the icon. Removed Ai suite and ran the asus Ai suite removal tool and still same issue.
All I care about is getting proper temperature readout when playing Fallout 4 and for overclocking potential. HWinfo64/HWmonitor reads stupid numbers like 85-105c on cpu 0 package where Ai suite would read 41c while playing. Cpu cooler is more than adequate- Be Quiet! Pure Rock 150 tdw
Also I want to say the 860k does not bottleneck my Zotac Gtx 960. Playing fallout 4 high to ultra settings at 50-65 fps gpu hit 98% while cpu balances all 4 cores around 60-75% maybe this is due to dx12 but it is a very capable cpu. All stock except overclocked ram at 10 11 10 29 Adata xpg v2 at 2133 MHz.

Hope someone can chime in with a solution.
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I must say the R9 390 doesn't bottleneck my 860k when playing Fallout 4 either although I don't know what FPS I'm getting. I'm playing on Ultra and it runs perfect with standard clock settings. I get the same crazy temp readouts with HWMonitor also. Apparently I'm hitting 90c when playing League Of Legends. I'm guessing the overdrive issues must be related to the Asus Bios.
 
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I must say the R9 390 doesn't bottleneck my 860k when playing Fallout 4 either although I don't know what FPS I'm getting. I'm playing on Ultra and it runs perfect with standard clock settings. I get the same crazy temp readouts with HWMonitor also. Apparently I'm hitting 90c when playing League Of Legends. I'm guessing the overdrive issues must be related to the Asus Bios.
 
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I’ve spoken with AMD about this as it worked with my Gigabyte mobo but once I moved to the A88x gamer it stopped all together. AMD’s reply was that Overdrive is only made for certain boards which don’t come with clocking software so they made AMD Overdrive for those boards, I asked the question why this was on their website but never received a reply to that.

So the A88x gamer comes with AI Suite which allows you to clock your CPU automatically and it sets the PC up so it will run safely. I’ve tested this and it clocked my PC no problem and passed a stress test.
 
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That seems odd, people have reported it working on other boards which come with software for overclocking. I find it odd how they wouldn't mention that in release notes or read me files.
My problem is more to do with the temps, I don't trust Ai Suite and the results from HWMonitor are really messed up. Makes me question my ability to install a cpu cooler which is something that I've done may times and never had issues or possibly a flaw with the cooler. Amd or board manufactures need a software for correct monitoring so we don't have to rely on programs made for thousands of boards that are not specific to one board design or sensor read outs.
So am I safe to use Ai suite and guarantee its giving me the correct temps and voltage and clocks?
 
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I might give AI-Suite another chance.
 
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So for you and I or anyone on an A88X-XX board it might be a chipset compatibility issue.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2602857/versions-amd-overdrive.html

MD OverDriveTM Utility supports systems with the following AMD products:
・ AMDA10,A8,A6,andA4SeriesAPUs(notincludingAMDA6-5200andAMDA4-5000APUSeries) ・ AMDFXProcessors8000,6000,and4000SeriesProcessors
・ AMDA85X,A75X,andA55Chipsets
・ AMD9-SeriesChipsets
・ AMD8-SeriesChipsets
・ AMD770andhigherChipsets
・ AMDAthlonIIX4651CPU
・ AMD790FXChipset
・ AMD790GXChipset
・ AMD790XChipset
・ AMD785GChipset
・ AMD780GChipset
・ AMD770Chipset

Maybe AMD will bring out a new version of OverDrive this year. I believe the chipset on our boards are

AMD A88X (Bolton D4)

Case closed.
 
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I had AMD Overdrive when I had my chip on a Gigabyte mobo and it worked fine. The issue started after changing to the A88x gamer mobo. I don’t think it’s the chip otherwise overdrive would have still worked when I changed to the A88x, it’s something to do with the motherboard.

AI Suite has pretty good, once you get used to it. I used it to clock my CPU from 3.7Ghz to 4Ghz which is did automatically and ran a stress test after and passed without a problem.

I used AI suite to overclock my CPU then other programs to stress test and keep an eye on the temps etc when the test was running. I will post later when programs I used when testing. I overclocked my CPU a month ago and I’ve had no issues at all with temp, my CPU doesn’t exceed 50c even when running a full stress test and all cores are at 100%
 
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