MSI Center extreme mode caused crash.

[zarembo8154c02d6]

Hello forum. I just bought an MSI laptop for the first time last week , been happy so far.

However I had an unpleasant situation today when I went to MSI center app and decided to try what happens if I switch from Balanced mode to Extreme mode. I then clicked the little machine wheel on it to look at the settings, which are overclocking CPU and GPU, and a tab to custmise fan speed. I didn't toggle any tabs in overclocking or fans, but about a minute later suddenly the laptop became unresponsive, the mouse cursor would slightly move with a delay of about 15 seconds. Soon after that the screen went black, at which point I got worried and decided to press and hold the power button to force a shut down. I am not sure what happened, could it have caused any hardware damage? Nothing was running except, just background programs like anti virus. I did later read that extreme mode greatly increases voltage on CPU and GPU even if you don't mess with the overclocking feature.

I turned on the laptop again a couple of minutes later, thankfully it seems to be working fine for now. I tried to enable the extreme mode again, no problems occurred this time. Has anyone experienced anything similar with MSI center?

 

[raimondkieftenbel157602de]

Look like an overclock mode, so yes it could get unstable.
Also more heat ect,because of the higher voltages
Just dont use that extreme mode.

With laptops you dont want overclock,better to undervolt the gpu for exampleit for lower temps at the same performance

 

[zarembo8154c02d6]

Look like an overclock mode, so yes it could get unstable.
Also more heat ect,because of the higher voltages
Just dont use that extreme mode.

With laptops you dont want overclock,better to undervolt the gpu for exampleit for lower temps at the same performance

When it happened there was no fan noise, nor did the laptop feel hot. How would I know if the incident caused any damage to hardware?
I agree though that it's best not to overclock, especially new computers, I just didn't think that just looking at its settings in extreme mode tab would immediately overclock it. Is there any detailed info on what exactly extreme mode actually does? Apparently even underclocking can make GPUs unstable, though it's not as risky as overvolting.
I just use rivatuner to reduce FPS, maybe adjust some NVIDIA settings, most of the time its enough to keep GPU from getting too hot.

 

[raimondkieftenbel157602de]

laptops are not good for overclocking not new or old.
Those small thiny cases are great for heat building up and possibly overheating.

If everything works fine,I would not be worried at al.
I think the extreme mode was just not stable .

 

[zarembo8154c02d6]

laptops are not good for overclocking not new or old.
Those small thiny cases are great for heat building up and possibly overheating.

If everything works fine,I would not be worried at al.
I think the extreme mode was just not stable .

I was not planning to overclock. I thought that Extreme mode would be something like high performance mode in Windows power settings. It would be nice if MSI center gave some warning, as the description in the app does not mention overclocking. I always do the most to keep heat below 80 Celcius. Reducing the CPU load to 95% in windows and restricting FPS to below 100 usually is enough in my experience.