Hi,
This is the system in question:
- MSI 790XT-G45 AM2+ (790X + SB710)
- Athlon II X3 435 (2.9 GHz)
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz CL4
- 400W PSU
- Gainward GTS 250 Green
I had no prior experience with overclocking AMD systems before.
I tried to overclock the CPU from 2.9 GHz to 3.16 GHz without upping the voltage, just to test it (I've read somewhere that Athlon 435 can do 3.3GHz on stock voltage). I set the FSB to 301.MHz (up from 200), the CPU multiplier to 10.5 (down from 14.5), and memory multiplier to 1.33. The memory was set to 2.1V before that. All the other settings were AUTO.
The system didn't boot anymore. I tried resetting CMOS with the system shut down. I didn't do anything so I thought that I have to power up the system for clear CMOS to work, so I did. After that I read in the manual that I shouldn't turn the system on with the clear cmos pin because it will damage the MB.
What do you think is damaged? The CPU? The MB? The PSU? Can anyone give me some advice? (except don't try overclocking anymore unless you know what you're doing - I learned that the hard way)
Update: After many start attempts, now the screen turns on, and the MB Splash Image is displayed, but it gets stuck there and there is a continuous beep in the speaker. (I didn't have a speaker before, long story..., I added one from another computer).
Update 2: the screen doesn't turn on anymore and there is no more beeps, it just happened once.
This is the system in question:
- MSI 790XT-G45 AM2+ (790X + SB710)
- Athlon II X3 435 (2.9 GHz)
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz CL4
- 400W PSU
- Gainward GTS 250 Green
I had no prior experience with overclocking AMD systems before.
I tried to overclock the CPU from 2.9 GHz to 3.16 GHz without upping the voltage, just to test it (I've read somewhere that Athlon 435 can do 3.3GHz on stock voltage). I set the FSB to 301.MHz (up from 200), the CPU multiplier to 10.5 (down from 14.5), and memory multiplier to 1.33. The memory was set to 2.1V before that. All the other settings were AUTO.
The system didn't boot anymore. I tried resetting CMOS with the system shut down. I didn't do anything so I thought that I have to power up the system for clear CMOS to work, so I did. After that I read in the manual that I shouldn't turn the system on with the clear cmos pin because it will damage the MB.
What do you think is damaged? The CPU? The MB? The PSU? Can anyone give me some advice? (except don't try overclocking anymore unless you know what you're doing - I learned that the hard way)
Update: After many start attempts, now the screen turns on, and the MB Splash Image is displayed, but it gets stuck there and there is a continuous beep in the speaker. (I didn't have a speaker before, long story..., I added one from another computer).
Update 2: the screen doesn't turn on anymore and there is no more beeps, it just happened once.
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