8RDA+ owners plz help me can't get to post!!

[HoMeZ]

I o/ced a bit too much and now my comp just beeps sounds like a police car... I thought holding insert and tapping delete would get me into bios, but that's not happening and when I press caps lock the light on my keyboard doens't go on... So what should I do?

 

[d33pblue]

Just curious... how far did you OC, and with what chip?

 

[HoMeZ]

1700+ tbred b and i tried 176fsb 12 multiplier

 

[Dan]

Clear the CMOS.

 

[kaZ8Teen]

i had this problem a few times. do you have corsair ram? this usually happens to corsair. but put in another stick of ddr ram, i used pny pc2100 ram. it should boot.

i think this is a bios issue, so get a new bios also.

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: Dan
Clear the CMOS.

 

[amcdonald]

just tap insert from bootup. if that doesn't work (always has for me) manually move the clear cmos jumper.

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: Vegetto

Originally posted by: Dan
Clear the CMOS.

I did this also recently trying to o'c my 2200+ some more with this exact board. It worked for me. If it doesnt help you, then you may want to check and see if the chip hasnt been messed up by overclocking too much like you said. Good luck...

 

[HoMeZ]

clear cmos by moving the jumper?

 

[masterosok]

check the manual it will tell you where it is, that will reset ALL bios settings to default!!!

 

[kaZ8Teen]

im telling you, try to switch to a different memory stick. it should boot then set bios to optimized, turn off and re-insert your ram that youre trying to OC

..and update bios to 3609

 

[HoMeZ]

Is 3609 better than 3522?? And I wasn't o/c'ing ram I was o/c'ing the processor and after I reset Bios do I have to format and reinstall windows? like will that be damaged by my resetting of bios?

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: Kaz8teEN
im telling you, try to switch to a different memory stick. it should boot then set bios to optimized, turn off and re-insert your ram that youre trying to OC

..and update bios to 3609

Listen to this man..... if you have a different stick of ram, SWITCH IT OUT, this is a known issue with this board and high speed memory such as corsair (if its fast fast ram)

 

[HoMeZ]

I'll try it.. if it works and I get into bios my comp should be fine right? I don't have to reinstall windows are anything right?

 

[jm0ris0n]

no, clearing the cmos just sets all the bios settings to default

 

[phpdog]

Id go with chaging the RAM .

 

[HoMeZ]

WOO I LOVE YOU ALL!!! haha I'll never doubt another anandtecher again it booted into windows.... So does that mean it can handle that much of a o/c with less ram? I took out my two sticks and put the 256 stick in dimm1 (it was in dimm3 b4 and the 512 was in dimm1) and it booted into windows fine. So.... does this mean with 256 ram I can o/c this high but with 768 I can't o/c this high?

 

[dxkj]

First of all what type of ram where you using? Brand and rating...

The known issue that Ive seen before is when the default speed the motherboard sets for the ram is incompatible, AND you overclock too far.


When you overclock too far, and have to set it back to the default it doesnt boot, and you need to put a stick of ram in that doesnt have that issue.


Thats basically it, you should be able to clock up to find your limit for all three sticks. Keep in mind, the weakest link makes the chain fail. If you test each stick individually you can find out what each one overclocks to, but with all three in at once, you cant run any faster than the slowest stick.


So then its a judgement call, if you need the 768 ram, you just go a bit slower on it. If you can handle 256, pop in the fastest one and fly.

 

[HoMeZ]

I only have two sticks the 512 is samsung on 3rd party pcb and the 256 stick is pny ram that i got for free from circuit city after rebates and stuff

 

[kaZ8Teen]

i think this is an issue with older bios. when i updated to the newest bios, i got my fsb up to 206. but when i used the older one, it always did this if i tried anything past 166