Did I burn my CPU????

[tony1021]

I moved my muliplier from 15x to 16x and ran pcmark2002. PCMark ran but when it finished my pc locked up. i went into my BIOS and change it back but when windows loaded, I hear the windows loading but I get a blue screen. I can run task manager and open programs. I ran pcmark to see if it would run and it gave me a error on cpu audio.

Please help, If I did burn it, I would like to buy one this morning

 

[dmhinz]

If windows is loading then it is doubtful that you killed your cpu. It is more likely that you managed to corrupt a core windows file and that is w/ you only have access to task manager. I suggest you try two things before you replace your cpu:

1) Reset your BIOS - you might have something still set incorrectly. Most BIOS have a setting to "use system defualts". Save, exit and reboot. See if this fixes your problem.

2) Reformat and reinstall your OS - if this doesn't fix the problem, it's definately hardware related. Make sure you back up all data before you reformat...

-D

 

[tony1021]

I have SIS Sandra software and it still was able to run tests but when I tried to play a game (testing of course) it could never reach a picture screen...when you say reformat...do you mean run windows xp cd and do a repair?

 

[tony1021]

bump^

 

[Johneverd]

...do you mean run windows xp cd and do a repair?

I believe what he means is to erase your entire hard drive using the format command, then reinstall Windows from the CD. That would be my suggestion too, as doing a repair might still leave your system unstable if it is badly damaged.

 

[nick1985]

another wonderful overclocking story