• PC boots up, turns off, then turns back on
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Hello, To start with, here are my PC specs and I will post a picture of my idle temps and CPU-Z Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 CPU: AMD FX-6300 Vishera OC @ 4.4ghz Six Core CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8gb, 240-pin DDR3 1600 GPU: Gigabyte AMD 7850 1GB. HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM SSD: Kingston V300 120gb (OS DRIVE) PSU: Corsair CX series 600W 80 PLUS Bronze OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Idle temps [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PxWoQo7.png[/IMG] CPU-Z [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Dr03Fpa.png[/IMG] To further explain my issue, this problem does not occur when I load up the optimal profile in my Motherboard settings. Everything seems to run normally except for the odd boot-up sequence, this does happen on a cold boot and from turning it off and then a boot-up. If there is any other information I can provide, I will. I read the "How to" and I am thinking that I did in fact miss something. Thanks in advanced.
I would go with your CPU is overclocked too much and is unstable. You can either be safe and lower the clock or unsafe and bump the VCore up. The highest you can go within spec is 1.425v, but I wouldn't leave it at that 24/7. You can go higher if you don't care about burning out the chip.
Did you try turning it off and back on again?
[QUOTE=Raizo;45252490]Did you try turning it off and back on again?[/QUOTE] Yes, it doesn't double boot at stock. [editline]30th June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;45252481]I would go with your CPU is overclocked too much and is unstable. You can either be safe and lower the clock or unsafe and bump the VCore up. The highest you can go within spec is 1.425v, but I wouldn't leave it at that 24/7. You can go higher if you don't care about burning out the chip.[/QUOTE] I think I will revert back to stock voltage from the sounds of it. I am only wondering why people have said on forums that this is completely normal and it is nothing to worry about as long as the temperatures are fine.
[QUOTE=Death Assured;45255002]I am only wondering why people have said on forums that this is completely normal and it is nothing to worry about as long as the temperatures are fine.[/QUOTE] Because they don't know what they're talking about. The higher the voltage, the faster electrophoresis will happen. Electrophoresis is when the current flowing through the traces causes the substrate around the trace to break down. If the substrate breaks down enough to short with an adjacent trace, the CPU is dead. This is a natural process and it will happen even if you don't overclock the CPU. Though it can take up to a decade under 24/7 constant load for it to happen normally. Heavy overclocking and out of spec voltages can reduce this to as little as 1-3 years.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;45259308]Because they don't know what they're talking about. The higher the voltage, the faster electrophoresis will happen. Electrophoresis is when the current flowing through the traces causes the substrate around the trace to break down. If the substrate breaks down enough to short with an adjacent trace, the CPU is dead. This is a natural process and it will happen even if you don't overclock the CPU. Though it can take up to a decade under 24/7 constant load for it to happen normally. Heavy overclocking and out of spec voltages can reduce this to as little as 1-3 years.[/QUOTE] That makes perfect sense but understand that this overclock is stable on stock voltage.
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