Error Code 124 After Ocing Help asap

[Alciel]

I get error code 124 after going from the OCgenie oc which is a factory overclock to my new overclock that i did myself after taking notes from this video from youtube, Overclock 4770k. I noticed that I when I opened youtube it gave me the blue screen, I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue or a temperature issue. My cpu cooler is an Hyper X Evo 212, I suspect that its a temperature issue but my cpu core temps when i check before i crashed were in the 40c's so I believe that is normal temps according to the overclocking guide on this forum.

 

[ingtar33]

error code 124 only shows up when the cpu is undervolted.

those overclocking genies don't work. reset your bios to default and do it by hand.

 

[Alciel]

I did do it by hand by watching the video, and after taking notes im left with a 124 bsod when I try to enter youtube videos, I'm not sure what I did wrong. I can go over the details and perhaps someone can help me on where I went wrong.

 

[ingtar33]

sure; i don't have the overclocking master badge for no reason 😀

that said those OCgenies really don't work. Out of curiosity when overclocking my i5-4690k I tried the ASUS one which came with this ROG motherboard, and it was one heck of a bad and unstable overclock it came up with. No where near as good a job as doing it by hand would have resulted in. looks like you had one that was stable and tried to overclock it over that point? not sure, it's not that clear from what you wrote.

still the blue screen error 124 is a pretty well known one when overclocking intel cpus, and it is one that shows up with the cpu is undervolted.

 

[Alciel]

I actually started from scratch, I started at the base clock and then went from there, I undid the oc genie clock which was only .5 but I didn't see a difference at all. I then started with the video and pretty much followed all of it. I guess my problem lies there, That I followed all of it, not knowing where Id need to change. This is my first time ocing anything so I apologize for my noob mistakes.

As I said I only changed that was seen in the video.

Cpu base Clock: 100.00
Clock strap: Auto
Apply mode: Next Boot
Adjust Cpu Ratio:45
Cpu Ratio Mode:Fixed
Ring Ratio: 42
Dram Freq: 1333
SVID: Auto
VCCI Voltate: Auto
Cpu Core Voltage Mode: Adaptive
Cpu Core Voltage:1.250
Cpu Core Voltage offset mode: Auto
Cpu Ring Voltage:1200
Cpu Ring Voltage Offset Mode: Auto
Cpu SA Voltage Offset mode: +
CPU SA Voltage Offset: 0.250
Cpu Io analog voltage offset mode: +
CPU IO Digital Voltage Offset mode: +
Internal VR OVP OCP Protection: On

Intel Cstate enabled

I didn't know that this meant that I was undervolted, I thought I was over volting.

 

[ingtar33]

ok, let me point you to a simple guide. Really haswell overclocking is pretty simple. You see there isn't a lot of variation in them, so overclocking them is pretty straight forward.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

If you need further help please don't hesitate to ask. I will be happy to help you figure it out as you go.

 

[Alciel]

Just a quick question, in my mobo bios a z87-g45 I do not see ring bus or uncore in the oc menu. I see a ring ratio but it's only an adjustable number and I'm not sure what to put there.

 

[ingtar33]

leave ring ratio alone. I've seen some people who could squeeze an extra 100mhz of clock speed playing with it, but generally it has no real effect on overclocks.

Mostly lets just play with cpu multipliers and vcore.

 

[Alciel]

Thanks for being patient with me.

My question is: in my mobo bios a z87-g45 I do not see ring bus or uncore in the oc menu, in the guide you posted it said to set the ring bus aka uncore to manual, but i dont have that option.

Is there a way to take a screenshot of my bios while in bios and post it?

 

[ingtar33]

ctrl+print screen might work

atleast you can try it.

 

[Alciel]

Which Voltage should I play with, I see theres multiple types from VCCIn voltage, from core voltage mode, to offset to regular core. Then theres io analog voltate offset mode, cpu io analog voltage and Cpu Io Digital voltage offset mode and regular offset.

I'm not sure which one to tweak, the guide said to tweak voltage but not which one, my board comes with multiple voltages.

Also whats considered a safe voltage, I'm guessing somwhere from 1.250 - 1.375?

 

[ingtar33]

Which Voltage should I play with, I see theres multiple types from VCCIn voltage, from core voltage mode, to offset to regular core.

Also whats considered a safe voltage, I'm guessing somwhere from 1.250 - 1.375?

1) core voltage mode. At least i can help you with this. I've never been a master of the offset mode; i know some people who swear by it, but all my overclocking has been in the other mode.

2) haswell starts to overheat between 1.2V-1.3V; generally speaking you'll hit your max somewhere between those two values. the DC refresh chips usually were ok between 1.25-1.35 but the original haswell, like your chip don't go past 1.25V-1.3V without some sort of serious closed loop water cooler or delidding going on.

 

[Alciel]

I am happy to report that I am sitting at 4.5Ghz on my chip after tweaking my voltage. I am using voltage 1.275 which seemd to be my stable after going from 1.250 and getting the 124 error.

Thank you for your help, it is much appreciated.

 

[ingtar33]

no problem! glad you've got it working 😀