“I changed the voltage on my CPU to fix one problem, but it created another. What’s going on?”

Alfredo Sanchez’s full question: “I changed the voltage on my CPU and this fixed my BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) problem, but now when I reboot the computer it starts up and then powers off and constantly powers on and loses power and tries to power on again.… eventually it will power on. How do I fix this? I set the voltage to the recommended setting instead of it being overclocked in the BIOS, which lead to lots of Blue Screens of Death.”

If I understand your note correctly:

You tried overclocking, but got “lots of blue screens of death.” (For overclocking to work, all the components of the PC — not just the CPU — must be able to work correctly at the new, higher speed.)

Now you’re trying overvolting, but your PC doesn’t want to start properly. (My guess is you’re frying your CPU. If you persist, you’re likely to permanently fry something — if you haven’t already.)

I think your experiments have conclusively proved that your PC is not a candidate for either overclocking or overvolting!

“How do I fix this?” Put things back to factory spec, and hope there’s been no permanent damage.

Your best bet for a faster PC is to buy or build a new model with all parts rated for the speed you want to achieve.

There’s only so much you can with overclocking and overvolting. You can’t put a jet engine in a Piper Cub!

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