Gulp.. Hope I didnt fry it.

[Cogman]

I was steadly raising the FSB of the system, 200*12 was the finnal setting, and now it wont post. Im a little worried, What should I do? If something is fried what might it be?

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

have you tried to clear the bios?

 

[Cogman]

tried it.. Ill keep on trying, The Ram, CPU, and The video card are all good. I checked them on a seperate system. so is it a problem with the motherboard? are there other ways to clear ram? Maybe it is a PSU problem (checking next)

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

unplug the PS so the motherboard stops getting power,and set the jumper to clear the bios and let it wait a little while. if that doesn't help take the battery out and do the same. some bioses can be a major pain and take ages to flash. my DFIs have this problem, it seems to be a new thing with the Nforce chipsets although i'm not exactly sure how a chipset could cause something of this nature.

 

[Cogman]

PSU is now Unpluged, So is the battery (btw the PSU is good) I guess I wait.

 

[Cogman]

No luck, did not do anything. How could Overclocking it fry the Motherboard though? I have not seen it happen.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

it sometimes takes HOURS for mine to flash,i just set it up and leave for the day. when i come back its fine. i'm really not sure if your experiencing the same problem. hopfully you are

you didn't poke around inside the case just before this happened? where you watching your temps when pushing the processor?

 

[Cogman]

No, it was definitly from raising the FSB, Happened RIGHT after. I guess then I Unplug it again and let it set over night. I really hope it is not fried (It got here today). THnx for the help.

 

[Jen]

unplug powersupply
place jumper to clear cmos
then push in power button , keep pushed in for a few seconds. this is to discharge the capacitors on motherboard

then reset cmos jumper
reconnect atx connector
plug in power cord


and hope it starts,


most likely bios is hung so you may have to do this a few times or longer period


i have had this happen to myself to many times



Jen

 

[Cogman]

No Luck.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Don't worry Cogman, I was trying to overclock last night too (see my sig for components). Restarted the computer about 15 times yesterday trying different things and a couple of times it wouldn't post, but after unplugging the PSU cable for about 10 min., it was fine. What are your specs? Try clearing the CMOS. Keep us posted.

 

[Cogman]

Athlon 2400+ XP-M, Shuttle XPS sn45g (Nforce 2), Sapphire ATI 9600, Crucial 256 MB PC3200 DDR.

I tried clearing the Cmos, did not work, So I left it unplugged with the battery out for a night, did not work. I might try leaving the battery out for a full day with everything unplugged, and try that, if that does not work im sending it back

 

[GreatBarracuda]

You said earlier that your RAM, CPU and video card are all working fine, and it can't be the motherboard. That leaves you with the PSU. Try to check the PSU in another comp, i know it's not easy, lot's of wires, but give it a try. If it's not a quality PSU, I wouldn't be surprised if it is the culprit.

Now you said you were gonna send "it" back. What is "it"? If it's the cpu, I'm sure overclocking voids the warranty (or is that only for Intel), so I don't know how this would work. Is your heatsink/fan working? Try removing it and then check the cpu, anything unusual (smell, discoloration etc), and then reinstall the hsf. Let's see if this works.

 

[Cogman]

I did post that the PSU was fine as I did check it. It was the Shuttle Barebones system. Im guessing it must be the Mother board and im hoping that this works for clearing the Cmos.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

I am just having a hard time accepting that the motherboard is the problem, because I have NEVER heard of it (as far as overclocking is concerned). Now I don't mean to insult you, but is the monitor working

 

[Cogman]

(I know, I was just trying to clear it up) yes I checked that (and one time the monitor was not plugged in.) As it turns out (from reading the manual) if overclocked to high the Cmos does hang and does exacly what it is doing now. So that Is why I think that clearing the cmos setting will fix it.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Yeah, let's hope clearing the cmos fixes it (even though my ASUS P4P800 mobo manual says that there's no use clearin the CMOS when having problems overclocking).

 

[Cheetah8799]

Some motherboards have funny ways of clearing the CMOS. I've had a couple that have a special sequence of jumper/battery/time/etc. Did you check the manual for any specifics?

Some boards also have a special cmos jumper that sets it back to basically 100mhz fsb and generic settings, so you can make changes when you OC too high. Check for this in the manual

 

[Cogman]

yah, I tried the Manuals way, did not work . So im guessing if it goes without power for long enough it will reset.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Hey, why don't you try putting in another cpu there? That would let you know if you fried your processor or not. AND you can rule your motherboard out at the same time

 

[Cogman]

Yes, I have tried a 2500+ XP in the system, did not work, I did however try the 2400+ in the system i got the 2500 from and it worked fine.

 

[imported_zenwhen]

Wow. That sucks so badly. I miss Asus because this kind of thing didn't happen with them. I have to clear my CMOS with my IS& when I f'd up. My last few Asus boards reset themselves when I f'd up.

 

[DaNorthface]

Originally posted by: Cogman
Athlon 2400+ XP-M, Shuttle XPS sn45g (Nforce 2), Sapphire ATI 9600, Crucial 256 MB PC3200 DDR.

I tried clearing the Cmos, did not work, So I left it unplugged with the battery out for a night, did not work. I might try leaving the battery out for a full day with everything unplugged, and try that, if that does not work im sending it back

are you sure you're doing it the way they told you exactly? Read this very carefully and do it exactly.. 1. set the jumper to clear CMOS and LEAVE IT THERE
2. Take out the battery.
3. Turn off the PSU.
4. Push the power button a few times
5. Unplug the PSU from the motherboard.
6. Push the clear jumper back to normal mode and put the atx power connector back on the mobo.
7. WITH THE BATTERY OUT, try firing up the system.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Originally posted by: xzenwhenx
Wow. That sucks so badly. I miss Asus because this kind of thing didn't happen with them. I have to clear my CMOS with my IS& when I f'd up. My last few Asus boards reset themselves when I f'd up.

I think I know what you're talking about As I said earlier, no matter how messed up your settings are in the bios, if there's a problem, ASUS mobo's clear it once you turn the pc off and then on.

 

[Cardio]

Be REALLY sure that you have the CMOS jumper in the run position. More than once has one been put in the discharge position and then tried a jillion times, always changed to the wrong position. Look at the manual and check it twice!
No insult intended, we have all probably done it! Cheers