So I just got a new MSI p6n platinum along with an 8800 512 gts. I had an existing e4300 in the cheapo ECS motherboard from Frys. I was running the e4300 BSEL mod to get it to boot at 266 fsb, but I removed it last night for the new board. I rebuilt my PC last night and popped the e4300 in the new board. Everything seemed to work straight out of the box no problems at the default 1.8 ghz clock speed.
However, I then decided to try an overclock, so I went in to the cell bios and decided to just try a straight FSB bump, and not mess with the voltages. One thing I noticed was a discrepancy(?) in the bios. In the cell menu at the top it claimed I was running at a 9x multi at 200 mhz fsb for a total for 1.8 ghz. However, when I switched to linked or manual frequency adjustment, the FSB showed up as 1066 which would be quad pumped 266 right? Anyways it was late, and I made a stupid calculation. I meant to attempt an overclock at about 2.8 ghz, but miscalculated an put in 1441 which would put it at about 3.2 ghz correct? This is too high to start with, but as I said it was an accident.
Regardless I rebooted, and the machine did not post. For whatever reason even the 8800gts fan was running at full speed (which I hadn't noticed on previous boots). Not a good sign, but I figured I could just reset the CMOS. I followed MSI's cmos reset procedure (used the little CMOS button), and tried it a few times last night/today to no avail.
Did I fry the board? Can I try something else? I didn't mess with any other settings (vcore, etc), but if I did screw the pooch that would suck, because I overclocked my crappy ECS board at 2.8 for awhile with no problems.
Any suggestions at this point?
However, I then decided to try an overclock, so I went in to the cell bios and decided to just try a straight FSB bump, and not mess with the voltages. One thing I noticed was a discrepancy(?) in the bios. In the cell menu at the top it claimed I was running at a 9x multi at 200 mhz fsb for a total for 1.8 ghz. However, when I switched to linked or manual frequency adjustment, the FSB showed up as 1066 which would be quad pumped 266 right? Anyways it was late, and I made a stupid calculation. I meant to attempt an overclock at about 2.8 ghz, but miscalculated an put in 1441 which would put it at about 3.2 ghz correct? This is too high to start with, but as I said it was an accident.
Regardless I rebooted, and the machine did not post. For whatever reason even the 8800gts fan was running at full speed (which I hadn't noticed on previous boots). Not a good sign, but I figured I could just reset the CMOS. I followed MSI's cmos reset procedure (used the little CMOS button), and tried it a few times last night/today to no avail.
Did I fry the board? Can I try something else? I didn't mess with any other settings (vcore, etc), but if I did screw the pooch that would suck, because I overclocked my crappy ECS board at 2.8 for awhile with no problems.
Any suggestions at this point?
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