GA-B85M-DS3H-A Pentium Overclock with Windows 10

[skoolz86]

Hello! I'm trying to overclock my G3258 on a GA-B85M-DS3H-A motherboard running Windows 10. I've come across a few tutorials, but I'm not confident that they match up with my situation. For example, this tutorial has several different options in the BIOS than I do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LazZv1FIwQ

Also, several comments indicate that people tried to follow the guidelines in the tutorial, and they weren't able to boot up afterward. Also, there don't seem to be any detailed updates on the microcode block fiasco with Windows 10 that came up about a year ago. Do you have any recommendations for me? I believe I have the latest BIOS, but I'm not 100% sure. Guidelines for that would be helpful as well.

Thank you!

 

[cin19]

Because you used win10 + g3258+ non-Z MB, you are out of luck for ocing. Also that youtube is from 2014, and the OS is the win7.
From the gigabyte BIOS download section: Update CPU microcode for win10 support with Pentium AE ( it is the g3258). That means they blocked the oc feature on non z boards with the microcode. If you did upgrade win10 from win7 or win8.1, you may try use the win7/win8 and the old version BIOS, then you can oc the g3258 on the non-Z MB.

Other threads for g3258 overclock problems in Win10 on non-Z MB.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/intel-pentium-g3258-overclock-problems-in-windows/4563329c-35e0-4826-b72e-4c77d267646d?auth=1
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=607&title=oc-tweaker-screen

 

[skoolz86]

Because you used win10 + g3258+ non-Z MB, you are out of luck for ocing. Also that youtube is from 2014, and the OS is the win7.
From the gigabyte BIOS download section: Update CPU microcode for win10 support with Pentium AE ( it is the g3258). That means they blocked the oc feature on non z boards with the microcode. If you did upgrade win10 from win7 or win8.1, you may try use the win7/win8 and the old version BIOS, then you can oc the g3258 on the non-Z MB.

Other threads for g3258 overclock problems in Win10 on non-Z MB.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/intel-pentium-g3258-overclock-problems-in-windows/4563329c-35e0-4826-b72e-4c77d267646d?auth=1
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=607&title=oc-tweaker-screen

Thank you for your help, cin19. For my reference, if I were to reformat the hard drive and install Windows 7 would that be sufficient? Or, would I need to revert the BIOS somehow. I'd like to avoid tinkering around with wiping the BIOS too much, because it seems more risky. Perhaps I'm naive, though. What is the technical term for what I'd need to do with the BIOS? I'm having trouble googling the procedure.

Thank you!

 

[cin19]

Check the BIOS version to see it is the F1 or F2. Make sure it is the F1, if it is the F2 you may still not have the oc feature in the BIOS, even you use the win7, I am not sure for it. But make sure it is the F1, otherwise you will need to downgrade the BIOS. You can use the q-flash, how to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyZDhv94k0

 

[skoolz86]

Check the BIOS version to see it is the F1 or F2. Make sure it is the F1, if it is the F2 you may still not have the oc feature in the BIOS, even you use the win7, I am not sure for it. But make sure it is the F1, otherwise you will need to downgrade the BIOS. You can use the q-flash, how to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyZDhv94k0

I'm on the F2 BIOS version, so my understanding is that I'll need to do two things:

1. Uninstall Windows 10.
2. Use Q-Flash to downgrade the BIOS to F1.
3. Install Windows 7.
4. Overclock the Pentium.

Is this correct? Do you know what the cost of downgrading the BIOS to F1 will be? Any substantial costs to performance associated with downgrading from the F2 version to the F1 version? Thanks for your help.

 

[cin19]

Yes, but you just do the clean reinstall the win7 on the hard driver, then you will get rid of the win10. Then q-flash to the f1, then you are set.
For the F1, nothing you will lose.

But now I found something about the OC on non-Z MB, because intel did plan to add the microcode update to block the oc feature on the B and H MB at 2013 sometime, according to our site http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Non-Z-OC-BIOS-Microcode-overclocking,23682.html So I am not sure even you will use the F1 version ( came out 1/19/2015 ) and you can or can't oc the g3258 on B85 MB, because if intel did add the microcode in F1 already, then you will not be able to oc at all, but just try it.