MSI's OC GENIE locks my i5 3570k on 4.2 and won't go down

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I'm posting here because I recently got the msi mpower mobo and it has oc genie on it. So I decided to put it on and it overclocked my i5 to 4.2ghz and vcore was 1.272. I thought the vcore was way to high so I looked into it and found this forums post over on overclockers.co.uk and I changed my bios setting to match those in the screenshots, all it did was lower my vcore to like 1.080-1.090 then sometimes spikes to 1.304 but still won't get off of 4.2. Temps havent changed also, I havent noticed any other differences. Any help is much appreciated.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18476021

Thanks,

Jamie

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Your CPU can take up to 1.4v for starters, so don't worry. Just pop the CMOS and reset the bios.

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Turn off OC Genie and do it yourself.

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I've never overclocked before and dont have much clue, and its a hell of a lot easier with oc genie. Also doesnt it matter if its on 4.2 at 1.272 vcore?

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Overclocking isn't hard. Just look up a guide for your particular motherboard. After reading up on it and tinkering around a bit, it's not hard at all. OC Genie is straight up shit anyway. I had an MSI board until I replaced it with an ASUS because everything was going wrong with it. I tried out OC Genie just to see if it actually worked and it was giving me unstable overclocks to the point where I couldn't even boot into windows.

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I have the same motherboard and I can help you. There is a physical button on the motherboard just above the reset button, the OC genie button. If it is lit up that means OC genie is on. To turn it off shut down your PC and push the button once to turn off the OC genie function. There is the option to use the UEFI BIOS settings to change and turn on the OC genie function but by default the OC genie function is controlled by the onboard motherboard button. If OC genie is on and your temps aren't bad I don't see any reason as to why you would want to turn it off though. It is a really easy way to get a decent OC for your CPU without messing with the BIOS. It is great for a begginer like yourself.