FX-6300 4.5 GHz OC Flickering??

[Bfrancom]

Hi. To get it out of the way, Yes I do have an aftermarket cooler (hyper 212 evo). The only thing wrong is right when I hit the power to turn my computer on, The light flickers (fan led's) then it shuts off within 2 seconds. Then, I press it again, It slightly flickers and then it turns on. This didn't happen before. Im Running 4.52 GHz and voltage is about 1.47-1.48. Why is the flicker happening? Not enough voltage?

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

your capacitors/voltage regulators may be worn already due to high voltage. to be honest. back down on the frequency and voltage a little bit to see if it helps the situation.

same deal goes for power supply and motherboard...

I had a very similar situation when I was overclocked at 3.7Ghz on my i7-860, I dropped back to 3.5G along with the voltage (from 1.225V to 1.200V) and its totally smooth...

 

[Bfrancom]

your capacitors/voltage regulators may be worn already due to high voltage. to be honest. back down on the frequency and voltage a little bit to see if it helps the situation.

same deal goes for power supply and motherboard...

I had a very similar situation when I was overclocked at 3.7Ghz on my i7-860, I dropped back to 3.5G along with the voltage (from 1.225V to 1.200V) and its totally smooth...

I backed down to 4.2 GHz, But..I noticed I made my NorthBridge Voltage +0.0250, just as the vCore. I'm not changing the NorthBridge Freq At All, And Now the flickering is gone after bumping the VCore to 0.0150 and the NB To Auto. Should I bump it back to 4.5 @ 1.47 Vcore? Others do it, and theyre fine. Specs.

FX-6300
8GB XMS3 Ram
Corsair cx600m
HD 7770
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

your capacitors/voltage regulators may be worn already due to high voltage. to be honest. back down on the frequency and voltage a little bit to see if it helps the situation.

same deal goes for power supply and motherboard...

I had a very similar situation when I was overclocked at 3.7Ghz on my i7-860, I dropped back to 3.5G along with the voltage (from 1.225V to 1.200V) and its totally smooth...

I backed down to 4.2 GHz, But..I noticed I made my NorthBridge Voltage +0.0250, just as the vCore. I'm not changing the NorthBridge Freq At All, And Now the flickering is gone after bumping the VCore to 0.0150 and the NB To Auto. Should I bump it back to 4.5 @ 1.47 Vcore? Others do it, and theyre fine. Specs.

FX-6300
8GB XMS3 Ram
Corsair cx600m
HD 7770
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Overclocking is a live and learn situation since every chip is unique. It doesnt mean that if everybody can go for 4.7GHZ your cpu can do the same. Try different setups and adapt what is best.
You shall try different frequencies with different voltages to see which suits your needs.