- May 9, 2020
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So let's get this out of the way, in no way am I going to be attempting overclocking again since I did it in an unsafe way I now know, and just dont have experience. But my issue is as follows. Recently, I built a new computer. By recently I mean about a week ago.
Case: Coolermaster Masterbox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Black/Transparent
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B450f Gaming ATX AM4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX RGB 16 GB (2x8) 3200 MHz
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 LVME 500 GB
HDD: Seagate Barracudo 7200 RPM 2 TB 3.5"
PSU: Corsair (RM) 2019 80+ 750w Gold
Now my setup had been working perfectly okay for over a week since I built it and had no issues at all. Then I tried overclocking. Ignoring how dumb it was, I was told to do it in the BIOS. So i went into the BIOS and found the Manual CPU setting. After clicking through, I set the Core Clock to 3800 MHz, and the Voltage to 1200 mV. We tried this because in the BIOS my computer was using .970 - 1.130 V at 3.6 GHz. The RAM was already set to 3200 MHz, and the timings were set successfully by default using the AI Tweaker. I changed the AI tweaker to manual from auto, but left all the settings the same as before, changed the CPU clock and Voltage, and tried to F10 and restart. My computer didnt fully shut down. It entered the state it's been in since, where the lights didnt shut off, but it slowed down, revved back up, and the screen stayed black.
I have troubleshot the issue mostly as much as I am able. Most of my more informed computer friends seem to agree that the CPU is fried. The computer gets stuck in its boot phase and wont even load to BIOS. It turns on, all fans spin, all lights come on, and that's it. It does not send power to any peripherals plugged into it, and it wont go to BIOS. During boot up, the LED Status indicator flashes from Orange, to Red, to Solid White. It stays on White until I turn it off and try booting it up again.
I've tried resetting the CMOS with a screwdriver and touching the two pins multiple times. When that didnt work, I tried taking out the MOBO Battery and remounting the graphics card, twice. First for 5 minutes, second for 15. I still get the White light. The White LED is supposed to symbolize a graphics card problem, but my friends and I dont think that could be the issue as The only settings I changed were supposed to directly affect the CPU clock speed and voltage. So that leaves two possibilities in my opinion and I dont know where to go from here. The CPU could be fried and I get a new one and everything works. The Motherboard could have been reset by the CMOS clear, and lost the BIOS update (ASUS installs these by default on these MOBOs now) that allows it to work with 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs. Or the motherboard is just fried somehow as well. Any ideas or assistance?
Case: Coolermaster Masterbox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Black/Transparent
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B450f Gaming ATX AM4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX RGB 16 GB (2x8) 3200 MHz
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 LVME 500 GB
HDD: Seagate Barracudo 7200 RPM 2 TB 3.5"
PSU: Corsair (RM) 2019 80+ 750w Gold
Now my setup had been working perfectly okay for over a week since I built it and had no issues at all. Then I tried overclocking. Ignoring how dumb it was, I was told to do it in the BIOS. So i went into the BIOS and found the Manual CPU setting. After clicking through, I set the Core Clock to 3800 MHz, and the Voltage to 1200 mV. We tried this because in the BIOS my computer was using .970 - 1.130 V at 3.6 GHz. The RAM was already set to 3200 MHz, and the timings were set successfully by default using the AI Tweaker. I changed the AI tweaker to manual from auto, but left all the settings the same as before, changed the CPU clock and Voltage, and tried to F10 and restart. My computer didnt fully shut down. It entered the state it's been in since, where the lights didnt shut off, but it slowed down, revved back up, and the screen stayed black.
I have troubleshot the issue mostly as much as I am able. Most of my more informed computer friends seem to agree that the CPU is fried. The computer gets stuck in its boot phase and wont even load to BIOS. It turns on, all fans spin, all lights come on, and that's it. It does not send power to any peripherals plugged into it, and it wont go to BIOS. During boot up, the LED Status indicator flashes from Orange, to Red, to Solid White. It stays on White until I turn it off and try booting it up again.
I've tried resetting the CMOS with a screwdriver and touching the two pins multiple times. When that didnt work, I tried taking out the MOBO Battery and remounting the graphics card, twice. First for 5 minutes, second for 15. I still get the White light. The White LED is supposed to symbolize a graphics card problem, but my friends and I dont think that could be the issue as The only settings I changed were supposed to directly affect the CPU clock speed and voltage. So that leaves two possibilities in my opinion and I dont know where to go from here. The CPU could be fried and I get a new one and everything works. The Motherboard could have been reset by the CMOS clear, and lost the BIOS update (ASUS installs these by default on these MOBOs now) that allows it to work with 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs. Or the motherboard is just fried somehow as well. Any ideas or assistance?
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