Attempting to overclock my FX-8350 on a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, but my changes won't apply?

[thatfancypenn]

So I tried to overclock my 8350 to about 4.6GHz. I have an H100i so I know temps will be fine. I pretty much copied this guys settings on his overclock to 4.6 on the same mobo, and when I hit "Save and restart" and click "yes" my screen goes black as if my computer turned off, but my computer doesn't turn off. It just sits there with no power to my mouse/keyboard and no signal to my monitor. I left it like that for about 5 minutes to see if anything would happen but nothing did, so I manually turn my computer off by hitting the power button, and turning it on by doing the same thing. My computer starts up like it usually does, I log into windows, open CPU-Z and see that my Core Speed is still the exact same. I then proceed to restart my computer and open the BIOS, and it still shows up the settings that I put to try and overclock.

What do I do? Please help!

 

[i7Baby]

"I pretty much copied this guys settings on his overclock to 4.6 on the same mobo," - What guy?

"when I hit "Save and restart" - on what?

Update your bios.

 

[thatfancypenn]

"I pretty much copied this guys settings on his overclock to 4.6 on the same mobo," - What guy?

"when I hit "Save and restart" - on what?

Update your bios.

1. I have no clue. He was some spanish kid that uploaded a video with some pictures of his settings.
2. I think it's pretty self-explanatory. In the bios to restart your computer and save your changes.

Bios is already up-to-date.

 

[RazerZ]

Are you checking the CPU speed when idle, or under load?

 

[thatfancypenn]

Are you checking the CPU speed when idle, or under load?

Can't really test it under load. I thought that even when it was idle your speed was whatever you set it to? Sorry if I sound really dumb I'm not really very smart when it comes to CPU's..

 

[i7Baby]

Can't really test it under load. - use software eg your motherboard utility software or CPU-Z

 

[RazerZ]

Are you checking the CPU speed when idle, or under load?

Can't really test it under load. I thought that even when it was idle your speed was whatever you set it to? Sorry if I sound really dumb I'm not really very smart when it comes to CPU's..

Why can't you test it under load? When idle your CPU will run at the speed it needs to. In most cases this will be a lower speed because your system does not need anything more, consider it as a power saving feature. Unless you test it under load you won't be able to see the CPU running at the target overclock speed you set in the BIOS.

 

[thatfancypenn]

Are you checking the CPU speed when idle, or under load?

Can't really test it under load. I thought that even when it was idle your speed was whatever you set it to? Sorry if I sound really dumb I'm not really very smart when it comes to CPU's..

Why can't you test it under load? When idle your CPU will run at the speed it needs to. In most cases this will be a lower speed because your system does not need anything more, consider it as a power saving feature. Unless you test it under load you won't be able to see the CPU running at the target overclock speed you set in the BIOS.

What are some ways I can test it? I have no clue how to use Prime95. Should I just try playing Arma 3?

 

[i7Baby]

Yes - get the CPU temps at idle and while playing ArmaIII. Use your motherboard utility software or HWInfo - Sensors.

 

[thatfancypenn]

Yes - get the CPU temps at idle and while playing ArmaIII. Use your motherboard utility software or HWInfo - Sensors.

I have no idea how to use these programs. I was looking at my speeds while playing Arma and it was at 4118.12 MHz. While idle it is the exact same.

 

[i7Baby]

I have no idea how to use these programs. - You need to.

Install the motherboard utility software that came on the disk with your motherboard (or download it from the motherboard webpage).

Download HWInfo and run it. Main Screen top LH - Sensors. Run Sensors. Play Arma III.

View Sensors. Upload 3 x screenshots to TinyPic, Gyazo or similar.

 

[thatfancypenn]

I have no idea how to use these programs. - You need to.

Install the motherboard utility software that came on the disk with your motherboard (or download it from the motherboard webpage).

Download HWInfo and run it. Main Screen top LH - Sensors. Run Sensors. Play Arma III.

View Sensors. Upload 3 x screenshots to TinyPic, Gyazo or similar.

3 screenshots:
1st one: http://gyazo.com/e68963ea95fced1d681a01ac39f49548
2nd one: http://gyazo.com/de413b93bdabbca1ebb58c78dfab1fff
3rd one: http://gyazo.com/c7e8b60fb02987b693d5c40a32a671f5

 

[i7Baby]

CPU Vcore 1.4V - pretty high, 4.1GHz high, max temp 35C - great did you play Arma?

PSU voltages OK

GPU - 56C max - good, at 1.2V, 1202/1753MHz - very nice, fan 1680rpm (bit high)

 

[thatfancypenn]

CPU Vcore 1.4V - pretty high, 4.1GHz high, max temp 35C - great did you play Arma?

PSU voltages OK

GPU - 56C max - good, at 1.2V, 1202/1753MHz - very nice, fan 1680rpm (bit high)

yes I playing arma while i took those screenshots. I set my CPU to 4.6GHz so it's not really high...

 

[thatfancypenn]

CPU Vcore 1.4V - pretty high, 4.1GHz high, max temp 35C - great did you play Arma?

PSU voltages OK

GPU - 56C max - good, at 1.2V, 1202/1753MHz - very nice, fan 1680rpm (bit high)

Figured out how to use Prime95 thanks to a quick google search. Here are the three screenshots of HWinfo I took while running it:
1: http://gyazo.com/6989ff46a4b093228373e5b771840c64
2: http://gyazo.com/b665990e3b30a201f52b009ae7d73477
3: http://gyazo.com/8c9ea17645cb974d8d9ef32bab2faa7a

 

[i7Baby]

CPU 1.428v max, 4.521GHz, 43C - that's excellent for Prime 95
PSU still OK
The last link doesn't load anything

 

[thatfancypenn]

CPU 1.428v max, 4.521GHz, 43C - that's excellent for Prime 95
PSU still OK
The last link doesn't load anything

Weird. Try it again? Works for me

 

[i7Baby]

Works now

GPU: at idle - 32C, 0.962V, 135/165MHz, fan 1380 rpm (high)

 

[bmacsys]

So I tried to overclock my 8350 to about 4.6GHz. I have an H100i so I know temps will be fine. I pretty much copied this guys settings on his overclock to 4.6 on the same mobo, and when I hit "Save and restart" and click "yes" my screen goes black as if my computer turned off, but my computer doesn't turn off. It just sits there with no power to my mouse/keyboard and no signal to my monitor. I left it like that for about 5 minutes to see if anything would happen but nothing did, so I manually turn my computer off by hitting the power button, and turning it on by doing the same thing. My computer starts up like it usually does, I log into windows, open CPU-Z and see that my Core Speed is still the exact same. I then proceed to restart my computer and open the BIOS, and it still shows up the settings that I put to try and overclock.

What do I do? Please help!

You can't just copy someones BIOS settings and think it will work. Even with identical rigs. There are WAY TOO MANY VARIABLES even with identical hardware. Your overclock is bad. Plain and simple. Just because you have an H100i doesn't mean your temps will be fine either. A lot depends on your case and case fans. What you should do? Put your BIOS back to Optimized Defaults and try to learn about your board, your cpu and your BIOS settings. Then go to overclock.net, or overclockers.com and read some tutorials.

 

[bmacsys]

I have no idea how to use these programs. - You need to.

Install the motherboard utility software that came on the disk with your motherboard (or download it from the motherboard webpage).

Download HWInfo and run it. Main Screen top LH - Sensors. Run Sensors. Play Arma III.

View Sensors. Upload 3 x screenshots to TinyPic, Gyazo or similar.

He is in over his head and needs to put effort forth and learn. Like all of us did.