Unable to overclock i5 2500k

Last night I updated BIOS to the latest version which brought back the voltage control again. After doing the normal CMOS and default settings restore, I applied my OC again and tested it. It worked fine. Today I wanted to give lower voltages a try so I bumped them down a little, but when I entered windows this time I found that the overclock had not been applied. I've tried everything, it just won't overclock anymore. No matter what I put the multiplier on it remains at 3,3GHz and I've confirmed it with CPU-Z, 3DMark11 and RealTemp. I've tried restoring defaults and reseting CMOS again but that doesn't help either.
Help me!
My board is MSI P67A-C45.

Quote from: HU16E on 05-February-12, 22:21:44
Recommend to reflash to the UEFI/BIOS version that was working, & notify MSI Tech Support of your results & experience with the latest update revision you tried.
http://support.msi.com
Added: In CPU Features, did you remember to set the durations & limits?
Durations & limits? What are you refering to?
I managed to fix the problem somehow, although I'm not sure how... In any case it runs like it should now.

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Hi all I am looking to overclock my i5 2500k and GD65 to 4.8ghz 24/7 is this safe to do so without degrading my components? Also I am not very clear with all the functions in the bios, there seems to be a lot if voltage settings. Can someone please advise me on starter settings I should try and if they don't work what then gets changed.
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Quote from: DaLoona on 27-March-11, 20:08:03
Well thats how they keep it clean and tidy here and the majority that comes here likes the way the forum is run.
If you come from other (manufacturer/OEM/whatever) forums and Ive been to my share, I know what, you're most likely, referring to.
But overhere we dont like flamewars, trolling, bashing against the brand/forum/manufacturer, we are keen to give help only and not feed someones personal vendetta, as that's how things on other forums tends to go, when not strictly moderated.
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Is it safe to run 4.8GHz, 24/7? Nobody but time can tell since you run it out of specs and thus Intel doesnt give any guarantees, but will you get there with the cpu is also the question.
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Quote from: Sh4d0W on 19-June-13, 21:38:05
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I have just flashed to BIOS v1.7 with new Intel ME. Basically this is a problem I noticed even in Bios v1.4. I am overclocking i5-2500k with MSI P76A GD65 mobo
After overlocking, the cpu never idles. it's at what you overclocked to all of the time. This problem does not happen if I clear cmos and wipe all overclock settings. To verify that the cpu never idles I am using CPU-Z to monitor it. normally in idle the volt would drop to 1v and core speed to 1600mhz, but now it's at 1.264v and 4200mhz.
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Note: All I have changed to overclock is "Multiplier from 33 to 42" & " CPU Vcore from 1.20v to 1.25v" in the BIOS (did not use control centre)
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Quote from: Jack on 24-January-11, 18:18:31
Make sure that C1E & C-States are enabled along with EIST. Look here, same thing: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=144798.msg1077949#msg1077949
OK I enabled C-State (No Limit) and C1E support.
Now my CPU has gone down to 1.6ghz but the voltage isn't going down. it's still set at my overclocking voltage. (do I have to set auto vcore voltage in bios? but that would mean lose the overclocking right?)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=137321.0 they had the same problem back in May last year on the P55 boards, has the problem not been fixed even on the new P67A boards nearly a year later?

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