{"id":8440,"date":"2014-01-06T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanuja.com\/blog\/?p=8440"},"modified":"2023-09-20T06:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:54:46","slug":"how-to-fix-overclocking-failed-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanuja.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-overclocking-failed-error","title":{"rendered":"How to fix overclocking failed error"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a well documented boot failure issue on most Asus, MSI and few other motherboards. When the issue arise, the message, “Overclocking Failed! Please enter setup to re-configure your system.” will be displayed on start up before the system goes into boot sequence. So, how can you fix this?<\/p>\n

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A typical Overclocking Failed! error.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n

What causes the problem?<\/h1>\n

The K-type processors from Intel can be safely overclocked. The manufacture Asus has several built-in functions on their motherboard that takes advantage of this Intel K-type processors. The motherboards use the BIOS<\/a> for hardware initialization. It can also be used for adjusting frequency and speed of processor(s) and RAM. The modern motherboards typically has the newer evolution of BIOS called UEFI<\/a> that comes with better user interface and capabilities (some UEFI may still be using text based interface but with enhanced capabilities). If you have not manually overclocked the RAM or the processor before this error was displayed, then it is most likely caused by memory frequency issue.<\/p>\n

The Intel CPU and the memory frequency is often changed during an overclocking process. It also may change during a boot-up or shutdown process. When either boot-up or shutdown processes does not go to completion due to power failure or other issues, then it may result in the frequency for CPU\/RAM stuck in a higher than normal value.<\/p>\n

YouTube Tutorial<\/h1>\n

I also have crated a YouTube tutorial and you can watch it there if you prefer a video over this article.<\/p>\n