Overclock fail on Asus z97 Pro Gamer+i5 4690K

[TOPSGT]

Hello all, my first post here on the AnandTech forums. Long time lurker.

Hi all TY for responding. This problem will take some explanation. The bottom line here is that the following new components fail to over clock into windows. While windows is loading there is a loud and gruesome double ker-plunk sound which seems as though the MB resets the settings and windows continues and finishes the boot. The system is very stable and got a Fire strike score of 9461 at these stock settings. The C drive is the M.2 drive. System information confirms stock setting for the CPU at 3501MHz. In building this system I had wanted to use my old PSU a Corsair 750 but the system wouldn't boot so I got a Haswell approved Corsair 850. If this was all a standard system I suppose I wouldn't have any complaints. But all these components are designed to be overclocked. The OS is a genuine copy Win7 Pro SP1 64 bit. Here are the all brand new parts:

HSF http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
M.2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4S8...
RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I am hoping here that someone on the forums has this MB and knows the secret trick to get it to work correctly My suspicion is the M.2 drive which while working may in some way may not have the correct bios settings. I called Asus support before buying and without a long story there are very few M.2 drives they recommend and this Plextor is one of them that they do. BTW I am on the system now submitting this thread. Anybody have this MB? Any thing I should be checking or doing? Where is the secret go switch? ATM I cannot get the system to OC at all.

 

[myocardia]

Hi, welcome to Anandtech. Windows System Info will tell you the base speed of your CPU, no matter how high you overclock it. It always has. Download and install CPU-Z. It will tell you the exact speed of your CPU anytime you run it.

edit: CPU-Z site: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[DrMrLordX]

What behavior does your computer exhibit when you try booting into Windows with any kind of overclock?

Also, what settings are you changing when you overclock? Are you simply raising the CPU multiplier?

And, have you observed whether or not turbo is working when you boot into Windows with stock settings?

 

[coolpurplefan]

For those who don't want to click on links, the motherboard is
ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER and the RAM is
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) F3-2133C9D-16GXH.