Bsod under stress test, why?

[SaltySneaky]

So. I did a stress test and it crashed, now i wanna know why and what to change

MSI z97
i5-4690k

4.6GHz
1.220V
63C

Boosted ram to 1866, but that shouldnt be the problem?

 

[rgd1101]

what is the test?

 

[SaltySneaky]

Prime95 😛

 

[norseman4]

When overclocking, boost the frequency until it crashes (BSOD or others), then either roll back the frequency a bit to get it stable again, or boost voltage a tad. (Smallest increments until it's stable in tests again.)

(That's for CPU, RAM, GPU or VRAM)

 

[SaltySneaky]

When overclocking, boost the frequency until it crashes (BSOD or others), then either roll back the frequency a bit to get it stable again, or boost voltage a tad. (Smallest increments until it's stable in tests again.)

Sorry.. To many strange new words.. So, youre saying that i should keep changing the volt til it get stable? :s

 

[bgunner]

Lets not assume any one part is not an issue till fully tested. Did you test the ram with Memtest86+ ? If not this would be the best place to start stress testing. If the ram errors then the CPU stress tests will fail.

Please correct me if I am wrong but You just jumped right in and set the clocks this high? If so this is never a good idea and you should start off by adjusting clocks little by little to avoid such issues. You never know your system may not be able to hit that clock, while I feel it can, due to parts performance. Adjusting little by little helps in the OC process by showing what voltages work and what voltages don't, what clock speed work what clock speeds don't. You can not just jump in and read someones guide and say "Hey mine will work at these setting too." because this is most of the time incorrect.

 

[bgunner]

When overclocking, boost the frequency until it crashes (BSOD or others), then either roll back the frequency a bit to get it stable again, or boost voltage a tad. (Smallest increments until it's stable in tests again.)

Sorry.. To many strange new words.. So, youre saying that i should keep changing the volt til it get stable? :s

No you adjust the clocks till you crash. Back teh clocks back down then bump teh voltage by 1 step and try again repeating this till Either you hit the thermal wall, max voltage or need tons of voltage to get stable, more so then the last few MHz needed.

 

[rgd1101]

backup a little, did you read anything about overclocking cpu?

 

[SaltySneaky]

This is embarrassing.. I clocked it down to 4.5GHz and 1.250V and now it wont turn on, it just says A3 in the right buttom. I read it was a harddrive error. Ehmm, can someone explain?

 

[bgunner]

This is embarrassing.. I clocked it down to 4.5GHz and 1.250V and now it wont turn on, it just says A3 in the right buttom. I read it was a harddrive error. Ehmm, can someone explain?

To get your system up and running again, clear the Cmos/reset the BIOS buy either using a button, if provided, swapping the CLR Cmos jumper and back again or remove the button battery for 15-30 seconds.

The reason you are having issues is most likely your inexperience with the bios settings. If you have not already done so please Read up on the settings in your BIOS and what they do, and Read up on how to OC a Intel CPU.

Edit: Overclocking is NOT an instant gratification Item. You must take your time and start small and work your way to big or run into issues. OCing is an art not a club to wack your mate with and then happily ever after.

 

[SaltySneaky]

This is embarrassing.. I clocked it down to 4.5GHz and 1.250V and now it wont turn on, it just says A3 in the right buttom. I read it was a harddrive error. Ehmm, can someone explain?

To get your system up and running again, clear the Cmos/reset the BIOS buy either using a button, if provided, swapping the CLR Cmos jumper and back again or remove the button battery for 15-30 seconds.

The reason you are having issues is most likely your inexperience with the bios settings. If you have not already done so please Read up on the settings in your BIOS and what they do, and Read up on how to OC a Intel CPU.

Edit: Overclocking is NOT an instant gratification Item. You must take your time and start small and work your way to big or run into issues. OCing is an art not a club to wack your mate with and then happily ever after.

I reset bios and it works again, but i have no idea why changing 4.6GHz > 4.5 GHZ and 1.280V > 1.250V could do that, like it makes no sense to me but yeah, i should just stay at 3.5GHz and get some professional help huehue

You can come and help me, right?

 

[bgunner]

This is embarrassing.. I clocked it down to 4.5GHz and 1.250V and now it wont turn on, it just says A3 in the right buttom. I read it was a harddrive error. Ehmm, can someone explain?

To get your system up and running again, clear the Cmos/reset the BIOS buy either using a button, if provided, swapping the CLR Cmos jumper and back again or remove the button battery for 15-30 seconds.

The reason you are having issues is most likely your inexperience with the bios settings. If you have not already done so please Read up on the settings in your BIOS and what they do, and Read up on how to OC a Intel CPU.

Edit: Overclocking is NOT an instant gratification Item. You must take your time and start small and work your way to big or run into issues. OCing is an art not a club to wack your mate with and then happily ever after.

I reset bios and it works again, but i have no idea why changing 4.6GHz > 4.5 GHZ and 1.280V > 1.250V could do that, like it makes no sense to me but yeah, i should just stay at 3.5GHz and get some professional help huehue

You can come and help me, right?

lol