Black Screen after minor overclocking

Zaspera · Aug 27, 2012

I am using a Asrock 970 extreme3 with a 965BE. It was working just fine. I just edited the CPU to 217mhz x 17 (3.7GHz or so) and changed my RAM to 1600mhz (was running at 1300 according to bios). I went to exit and save changes and nothing happened. it started loading windows then my monitor light was flashing and nothing showed on the screen. Is there a way to reset the bios or something?

Nick259 · Aug 27, 2012

If your motherboard doens't have a CMOS reset switch you can just take out the cmos battery (small circular battery on the motherboard) for about 5-10 mins and it will reset everything.

manofthem · Aug 27, 2012

Can't you just go back into the BIOS and change the values back, or can you not get into the BIOS?

Zaspera · Aug 27, 2012

It was literally a black screen. I just put the battery back in and can get into the bios again. It says my RAM frequency is now 872. WTF does that mean?

95Viper · Aug 27, 2012

The manual has all kinds of info.
970 Extreme3

EDIT:

Zaspera said:
It says my RAM frequency is now 872.

It is running at 872 * 2 = 1744MHz

You may need to manually set it; if, the board is not reading the info on the sticks correctly.

Zaspera · Aug 27, 2012

It seems that when I changed my CPU Freq, my RAM was adjusted as well. I changed my CPU from 200mhz x 17 to 215mhz x 17. Is there a way to just change the CPU and leave the RAM alone? On my old i7, I never had this problem.

95Viper · Aug 27, 2012

You should have an option to un-link them or manually set your DRAM frequency.

System Name	HAF Gamer
Processor	Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz (2x4GB)
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX 680 1006MHz
Storage	Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 3GB/s
Display(s)	22" LG EW224T LED
Case	Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (for now)
Power Supply	OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Processor	Phenom II X4 B50 @ 3.4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling	Vendetta 2, several case fans
Memory	8GB Geil Ripjaws 1666Mhz
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 5850 1GB
Storage	1TB Samsung F1
Display(s)	LG 23" W2361V TFT Widescreen
Case	Antec 300
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	Antec HCG 750W
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Processor	3900X @ 4.0
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 XT Pulse
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34UC88
Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	HAF Gamer
Processor	Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz (2x4GB)
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX 680 1006MHz
Storage	Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 3GB/s
Display(s)	22" LG EW224T LED
Case	Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (for now)
Power Supply	OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

System Name	HAF Gamer
Processor	Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz (2x4GB)
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX 680 1006MHz
Storage	Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 3GB/s
Display(s)	22" LG EW224T LED
Case	Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (for now)
Power Supply	OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Black Screen after minor overclocking

Zaspera

New Member

Nick259

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

Zaspera

New Member

95Viper

Super Moderator

Zaspera

New Member

95Viper

Super Moderator