Sims 4 Overclocking Computer??
Earlier in January after the PC game update(Jan 14ish?). I was playing the sims and suddenly my computer shut off, when I turned it back on 30 mins later a message on the screen said: "All setting...
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@snacksthecat Did you or anybody else overclocked that computer. I'm guessing you didn't rest the bios to defaults. 3D games work the computer hard and that increases the power supply demand and generates more heat. Overclocking increases the load and generates even more heat. First if you are overclocking the components have to be able to handle the increased speed (memory, cpu, chipset, etc) or they will fail (maybe permanently). When you overclock cooling becomes very important as the stock cooler may (probably) won't be enough. You can (probably) burn out the memory if you push them too hard. Overclocking is a science and you can (probably) permanently damage your computer if done improperly. The first time you power on the computer the bios will run the computer at a low speed to discover the cpu type and the memory size and speed and then adjusts the components to the factory settings (other things are done but probably don't apply here). Heat control plays a VERY important part here as increasing the default values will emit more heat and if you are not cooling well enough components will break. Really need to know manufacturer of memory and specs you have in the computer. If you have miss matched memory modules could be an issue. Who replaced the memory?
No one else has overclocked this computer and I never had the intention of doing so. I went into the BIOS and selected "reset to default values" but it still gave me the message the next day. The memory was replaced by the tech in the repair shop so 1 stick is Patriot Viper DDR3 8GB and the other stick is G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB.
Motherboard: MSI Z97M Gaming
Graphics Card: NVDIA GeForce 1060 6GB
PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-850FX 850W 80+ Gold ATX12V & EPS12V Full Modular 120mm FDB Fan Compact 140 mm Size Power Supply
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz
After disabling my mods it turns out to be bad CC. There's probably no way to prevent this overclocking message other than finding the bad CC/playing without it?
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