Overclocking on my PC failed?

[Jinster12]

Every time i restart my computer it says my overclocking has failed. This would be fine and I would stop overclocking... but I'm not overclocked and it still says my overclocking has failed... what the heck is up with that?

 

[geofelt]

Possibly it is your ram settings that are too high.

 

[harrisjb78]

What is your system setup?

As geofelt said it is most likely RAM. Clear your BIOS by unplugging the computer and removing the battery on the main board.

 

[Jinster12]

Possibly it is your ram settings that are too high.

can you elaborate on that a bit? I haven't so much as touched the BIOS since I built the computer. Nothing at all has been changed and just to be sure I even loaded optimized defaults.

 

[Jinster12]

What is your system setup?

As geofelt said it is most likely RAM. Clear your BIOS by unplugging the computer and removing the battery on the main board.

I have an ASUS z170-a motherboard and 2 8gb sticks of corsair DDR4 ram. I've cleared my BIOS twice and am still having the issue. The computer runs fine, only everytime it restarts it says overclocking has failed and I have to open BIOS only to do nothing to it and it runs just fine after I close out of BIOS, even though no changes where made.

 

[harrisjb78]

Whats the exact RAM specs/model? You may need to manually set the speed.

 

[geofelt]

Sometimes "load optimized defaults" means an overclock setting, not minimal functional setting.
Stick with plain default settings, particularly on ram.

 

[Jinster12]

Whats the exact RAM specs/model? You may need to manually set the speed.

I have Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4- 3000 ram

 

[geofelt]

What is your system setup?

As geofelt said it is most likely RAM. Clear your BIOS by unplugging the computer and removing the battery on the main board.

I have an ASUS z170-a motherboard and 2 8gb sticks of corsair DDR4 ram. I've cleared my BIOS twice and am still having the issue. The computer runs fine, only everytime it restarts it says overclocking has failed and I have to open BIOS only to do nothing to it and it runs just fine after I close out of BIOS, even though no changes where made.

Interesting.
I just had that message too.
I am using a Z170I pro gaming motherboard and a I5-6600K.
It is a chip that should do 4.8, but I have it at 4.4.
When I put it to sleep, the sleep light on the case blinks, and that looks good.
But when I hit the keyboard or the case start button, it shuts off.

My suspicion is that it is related to an older gen power supply that does not keep low voltage power active.

 

[lodders]

The "overclocking failed" message means that your computer has crashed, or required more than one attempt to boot. This normally happens when trying to overclock a computer, but in your case, it means you have some kind of hardware or set up problem.
It also means that your motherboard does not think it is in stock setup...

There are very good fault finding guides on toms hardware, I suggest you try going through one of them. The main question to ask is... what component is causing my computer to crash..... and it may not be the memory!