Quote Originally Posted by AMD_Freak View Post
I have a couple questions... got my system together and tried a little OC and for some reason CPUZ 1.57 keeps changing core speed am i doing something wrong? #2 sometimes it seems it will not go into bios screen when hitting DEL on my USB keyboard #3 what are the basic changes made in the Bios to OC such as CPU multi/CPU Vcore etc thanks for helping a intel n00b
UD5-b3 / i5 2500K / GSkill ddr3-1866 8gb/ Bios f2
Im on B2 but I don’t think it will make much difference, I get CPU-Z crashes maybe 2 in 10 fail to start but work fine 2nd time I just figured it was due to trying to open CPU-Z early before the rig was fully loaded. I don’t get this problem if I'm a bit slower to open programs after reboot.

I think the not going into BIOS is BIOS specific some of the BIOS's I have used go in easier than others some like me to hold del down some like only one tap some display "prepare to enter bios" when del is hit some don’t. I find using IDE rather than AHCI to be better for entering BIOS especially when you are messing about in BIOS many times. You can always switch AHCI back on when you have settled on some settings & don’t need to enter the BIOS quite so much.

As for OC settings most boards/chips appear to do 4.5G on auto maybe a bump in vcore, why dont you see how far you can get save it in BIOS & start changing things to see what works for you. If you get stuck there are plenty here self included just tell us what's happening or not & we'll see if we have an answer.