I've got an i7-8086k. For the past year or so I've ran it at stock settings. Today, I decided to try and see if I could get the processor to overclock to 5.1 or 5.2. Well I tried 5.1ghz and the system crashed twice and I had set the voltage to 1.375.
After crashing the second time I gave up.... Here's the issue I'm having after attempting the failed OC. The CPU is "stuck" at 5.0ghz. It will not reduce frequency. My temperatures are hovering at 55-60 degrees Celsius even as I type this and has done so consistently for the past 4 hours (4 hours ago is when I attempted the OC). The first thing I did was check power settings. Its at balanced like it has been for the past year.
I also cleared CMOS, reset BIOS and loaded optimized defaults. Even at defaults, its stuck at 5.0 GHZ and temperatures are 50-60 degrees.
I even took off the CPU cooler and re-seated the CPU itself and put on new paste, cleared CMOS, loaded optimized defaults and still its stuck at 5.0GHZ and hovering at 50-60 degrees. I left the PC alone for about 30 minutes with nothing running and its stuck at 5.0GHZ and is hot.
I know for a fact that it was not doing this before my failed OC. I have Core Temp and Frequency displayed in task bar at all times. It's never displayed this behavior. its always gone down to 1.0ghz and hovers around 30 degrees celsius but after my failed experiment. Its stuck.
Did I fry my CPU or does anyone have any suggestions?
Oh and intel speedstep is enabled.
After crashing the second time I gave up.... Here's the issue I'm having after attempting the failed OC. The CPU is "stuck" at 5.0ghz. It will not reduce frequency. My temperatures are hovering at 55-60 degrees Celsius even as I type this and has done so consistently for the past 4 hours (4 hours ago is when I attempted the OC). The first thing I did was check power settings. Its at balanced like it has been for the past year.
I also cleared CMOS, reset BIOS and loaded optimized defaults. Even at defaults, its stuck at 5.0 GHZ and temperatures are 50-60 degrees.
I even took off the CPU cooler and re-seated the CPU itself and put on new paste, cleared CMOS, loaded optimized defaults and still its stuck at 5.0GHZ and hovering at 50-60 degrees. I left the PC alone for about 30 minutes with nothing running and its stuck at 5.0GHZ and is hot.
I know for a fact that it was not doing this before my failed OC. I have Core Temp and Frequency displayed in task bar at all times. It's never displayed this behavior. its always gone down to 1.0ghz and hovers around 30 degrees celsius but after my failed experiment. Its stuck.
Did I fry my CPU or does anyone have any suggestions?
Oh and intel speedstep is enabled.