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Answer» HI everyone, I have a question regarding overclocking. It appears my prebuilt PC came from the factory already overclocked...now, I downloaded MSI Afterburner and can reset it through the software to not be overclocked...but every time I shut down my computer it resets and I have to reopen MSI and load my non-overclocked profile. The problem is that when it's overclocked it causes certain games to make my PC overheat. I never had this issue (even when overclocked) prior to playing one particular game (not sure it's relevant but it was Project Cars 2) and ever SINCE playing that game once my PC has been overheating a LOT. It's almost like playing the game very briefly without a FRAME cap cooked my CPU and/or GPU, or changed some settings that I can't find a way to revert. Reason I say this is I literally had zero issues regarding overheating prior to playing that game. It would just have to be one *censored* of a coincidence for it to not be related. Now, when I say my PC is overheating what I mean is it's automatically shutting down with a black screen and audio loop forcing me to manually shut down. I have it set to an 83 degree max GPU temp. Lastly, when it overheats my CPU fans don't even sound like they're going full speed (on MSI I have them set to auto) and they are running at like 50% speed. If my computer is starting to overheat, why are these not automatically ramping up? I can manually increase the speed but that's tedious to constantly do and I shouldn't have to. I'm not really sure what my question is, but does anyone know what's going on here or how to make it so my CPU doesn't keep reverting to being overclocked? Thanks!I'd go into BIOS and make sure no overclocks are set up there. Then make sure the profile is set to no overclocks and see if that helps.Your symptoms do not necessarily sound like overheating to me, especially not CPU overheating. Nowadays CPUs will THERMAL throttle when they get too hot- basically slow themselves down to reduce the amount of heat they generate. If they get too hot anyway, they will shutdown- this doesn't result in a bluescreen, but the PC literally turns right off. What your symptoms sound like to me is just general instability that can come with overclocking, which can cause crashes and BSOD errors. Don't know why it would have only suddenly started to have that issue, though. As Dave suggests you may be able to find overclocking options (and disable them) in the BIOS setup screens. |
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