Does overclocking your ram fry the motherboard

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So as I was building my pc, I finished and set the ram to its advertised speed. It then wouldn't go back to the screen where it asks for a boot drive, after resetting the bios, it still won't turn on... what happened?

[John Doe]

It can but only in theory in an extreme overclocking situation, using sub-zero methods of cooling.

You simply put in wrong values for your RAM's speed and latencies, reset your BIOS and try the XMP profile.

[Omega]

Disconnect the PC from power and remove the CMOS battery then wait two minutes and put the battery back in.

What are your PC specs? If you bought anything recent you can simply select a XMP or AMP profile and the RAM would be set to the correct frequency, timings and voltage automatically.

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Originally posted by John Doe:

It can but only in theory in an extreme overclocking situation, using sub-zero methods of cooling.

You simply put in wrong values for your RAM's speed and latencies, reset your BIOS and try the XMP profile.

I've already reset the bios, it won't turn back on properly

Originally posted by Omega:

Disconnect the PC from power and remove the CMOS battery then wait two minutes and put the battery back in.

What are your PC specs? If you bought anything recent you can simply select a XMP or AMP profile and the RAM would be set to the correct frequency, timings and voltage automatically.

Trying that now, I didn't do 10 mins before

[mtono]

i once had the error, that i had to do a cmos reset several times. it was weird, but after about 3 times of cmos reset, i had sth on my monitor. what can be? often it is a trouble with the gfx board...maybe sth else. i dont think your pc is destroyed. imho.

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Originally posted by ALIEN:

i once had the error, that i had to do a cmos reset several times. it was weird, but after about 3 times of cmos reset, i had sth on my monitor. what can be? often it is a trouble with the gfx board...maybe sth else. i dont think your pc is destroyed. imho.

I've reset cmos lots of times now, the fans start up but it doesn't send a signal and pressing del doesnt work

[Arya]

I doubt it was the RAM that's cooked the motherboard. This sound more like a damaged CPU socket.

[Alchemist79]

Try leaving just one ram module installed. If that doesn't work try another one.

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Originally posted by Wolfıe:

I doubt it was the RAM that's cooked the motherboard. This sound more like a damaged CPU socket.

But since it all happened after the ram, surely it would be that.

Originally posted by Alchemist79:

Try leaving just one ram module installed. If that doesn't work try another one.

Will do!

[Arya]

Originally posted by TheTwoAndOnly:

But since it all happened after the ram, surely it would be that.

Not necessarily. Last time I damaged a CPU socket, the PC ran normally for a couple of hours before it failed completely.

[Hare+Guu!]

A bad overclock on ram will simply make your pc reboot over and over. The only way to fry it would be to pump it with a ton of voltage. ie over 1.4v.

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Originally posted by Hare+Guu!:

A bad overclock on ram will simply make your pc reboot over and over. The only way to fry it would be to pump it with a ton of voltage. ie over 1.4v.

It doensnt appear to even boot

Originally posted by Wolfıe:

Originally posted by TheTwoAndOnly:

But since it all happened after the ram, surely it would be that.

Not necessarily. Last time I damaged a CPU socket, the PC ran normally for a couple of hours before it failed completely.

Hmm, I know the CPU isn't damaged, it must be the socket. I'll call MSI