Msi x79a overclock not working-wont boot?

[ragnarok94]

I tried to do a mild overclock on my 3930K i7 to 4 ghz using the OC settings of my MSI board (Msi X79A-GD45 (8D). I went under the OC Genie mode, turned the strap clock fron auto/1.0 to 1.25. (I cant change the mhz setting). The last few times i tried rebooting it after, it keeps shutting down halfway thru boot.
Im using an aircooler, equivalent to a Hyer 212 evo.
Any ideas?

Update: got it set back to standard mode and it booted to windows. Anyone know how to properly OC this cpu with this board?

 

[jojesa]

Look at this post and this Sandy Bridge E OCing Guide

 

[ragnarok94]

@Jojesa i looked at both of those prior to trying this. Neither cover OC genie

 

[jojesa]

I would drop that genie, since the best way to get a stable overclock is by tweaking the BIOS.
Those OCing apps have not work as good for me...and if that was good as a genie your system would not have stopped working when using it.

 

[ragnarok94]

I would drop that genie, since the best way to get a stable overclock is by tweaking the BIOS.
Those OCing apps have not work as good for me...and if that was good as a genie your system would not have stopped working when using it.

Thibk i could acheive wanted results using MSI command center? It has options cor manual tweaking that OC genie doesn't

 

[jojesa]

I wouldn't use it but if you want to try it, check this article.