Question No POST after overclocking CPU & RAM ?

Vlad Goia

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Hello, I bought myself an ryzen 5 5600x and tried to do a bios update from f51 to f61 and it worked, my pc will boot just fine after it, but I couldn't enter in the bios setup. So I decided to overclock the cpu and ram again, but this time from an program called easy tune. Cpu to 4.2ghz from 3.6 and ram to 3.2 from 2.4ghz. Right now my pc won't boot and after 1 minutes it shows me an cyan blue screen.
Can I get some help? I tried to remove the cmos battery, unplug the pc, remove ram sticks.
My components are:
Mobo Gigabyte aorus b450 elite
Cpu ryzen 5 5600x
Ram 32 gigs 4x8 hyperx beast fury
Psu corsair rm750x
 
The problem is probably your RAM more than your CPU, you need to take out the CMOS battery and then look in your motherboard manual for the CMOS reset switch/pins. It should be labeled on your mother as "CLR_CMOS". Bridge those pins with the provided jumper or any metal that conducts i.e Screwdriver for a few seconds, maybe a whole minute just to be sure especially if you're not using the provided jumper.

Make sure your powersupply is turned off and disconnected from power when you do this, ALSO when you do remove the power supply cable, hold the power button on your pc for a few seconds to flush out any residual current.
 
The problem is probably your RAM more than your CPU, you need to take out the CMOS battery and then look in your motherboard manual for the CMOS reset switch/pins. It should be labeled on your mother as "CLR_CMOS". Bridge those pins with the provided jumper or any metal that conducts i.e Screwdriver for a few seconds, maybe a whole minute just to be sure especially if you're not using the provided jumper.

Make sure your powersupply is turned off and disconnected from power when you do this, ALSO when you do remove the power supply cable, hold the power button on your pc for a few seconds to flush out any residual current.
I tried to do it but still the same problem. I hold it for like 40-50 seconds with a screwdriver.
 
I would try flashing the BIOS using a USB stick and the flashback button (I think Gigabyte sometimes call it Qflash)
I don't think this particular motherboard has a flashback button.
I tried right now to enter bios and it's all good but my monitor shows nothing just a black screen. I know I could enter it because if I press esc and then enter it will restart the pc.
 
Good news, I successfully posted with one ram stick on the first slot, but my main monitor is just showing me that cyan screen. My second one is working normally, I can go in bios but not in Windows because is telling me the windows is doing an autorepair.
 
but this time from an program called easy tune
...yeah, not a great thing to hear. Most of the automatic overclocking systems are pretty terrible and i would just steer clear from it. The only half decent one from my experiences are MSI Afterburner and even that is just dialing the curve to the settings that are known to be stable.

If its auto repair let it be. RAM overclock does inadvertently affect windows install sometimes, my audio driver was corrupted after i finished my overclocking session on my system. If its still not booting properly update us, or just reinstall windows.