Stopped getting Overclocking Failed - Get American Megatrends hang instead

[jonstatt]

This is really weird.

I was getting Overclocking failed on a reboot following a failed OC. It would then say press F1 to go into the BIOS and whatever aspect was OC'd would be back to default.

Now I don't get that. Instead I simply get the American Megatrends logo and nothing else on the screen. If I ctrl-alt-del after this then it will boot normally.

I tried both BIOS 1 and BIOS 2 and it does the same.

This happened I think after 0901 Bios but it still does it if I revert to 0802. Have I knackered something on my MB?

[broncogr]

Did you try clearing CMOS from the button in the rear?

[Chino]

Clear your CMOS. Then reflash your BIOS.

[jonstatt]

Chino wrote:
Clear your CMOS. Then reflash your BIOS.

Thanks for the suggestions broncogr and Chino. I did try this but it didn't help. However I did find a "temporary" cure. I disconnected a bunch of my USB devices and all of a sudden it started saying "Overclocking failed" again. Why the USB polling is affecting that screen I can't work out, and it's the same USB devices I had from day 1! At least I know what is causing it now though....

[Grestorn]

I have the problem you're describing if one of my USB 3 hubs is connected. Once I disconnect it, the display (showing me that OC has failed) works correctly.

So you might want to try to disconnect certain USB devices.

[jonstatt]

Grestorn wrote:
I have the problem you're describing if one of my USB 3 hubs is connected. Once I disconnect it, the display (showing me that OC has failed) works correctly.

So you might want to try to disconnect certain USB devices.

That is exactly what i found! It was a USB 3 hub I disconnected and then the screen appeared correctly again. The weird thing is I had this hub connected from day 1 but it didn't stop working until very recently! It must be a subtle USB polling timing bug.

[Avenger411]

Hey!

Welcome to twilight zone 🙂

Max