Help! CPU died during an overclock!

[SickBeast]

Hi guys,

I was just Orthos stress testing my Opteron 165 at a new speed of 2.76ghz, when suddenly there was a long "beeeeeeep!" sound, and the system froze, at which point I powered it off.

Now, it will "beep" when I power it on, but the BIOS won't list much at all.

Then, I reset the CMOS, and now I can't get past the initial flash screen.

Also, my 8800GTS was extremely hot (80C according to speedfan), and when I power up now, its fan doesn't even spin.

Any ideas?

Thanks! :beer:

 

[Gillbot]

start tearing it down to the bare essentials and see if you can get it to boot again, lower everything to stock and see what happens.

 

[Cogman]

'Tis the risk of overclocking, tough luck.

I think your CPU might still be good, but I can't be sure of that. best of luck getting it working again.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
start tearing it down to the bare essentials and see if you can get it to boot again, lower everything to stock and see what happens.

Yep, that's the way to go. It'd be a real shame if the Opteron bit the dust.

 

[Denithor]

Essentials: motherboard, cpu, 1 stick ram, GPU (onboard if possible, GTS if no onboard available). That's it. Clear the BIOS first and then try booting.

Are you certain it's the cpu and not the motherboard, GPU, or PSU, all of which are possible? Do you have any spare parts to try swapping out?

 

[error8]

Usually the cpu is the last one that dies. The other components have the bad habit of dieing first, like the north bridge or the ram modules.

 

[ibex333]

He said his Video Card fan doesn't even spin.... I'd start with trying to boot with another video card. Something very similar to this case happened to my friend, and it turned out that his video card died.

I agree with error8... CPU is usually the last thing to die. These things are friggin' resilient! I tortured my CPUs left and right as long as I had computers, which is pretty darn long. Never had a CPU die on me. I cant possibly be this lucky.
If the video card turns out to be, good, my second guess would be RAM... Then the mobo.. and only then the CPU.

 

[SickBeast]

It's alive!

Thanks for the help everyone.

The culprit was a new 8gb SD card (flash memory) that I plugged into my monitor. It somehow froze the computer, and I guess it messed up the BIOS as well.

As a side note - the video card was so hot because I messed with the BIOS. I recommend against doing this!

The CPU is back up at 2.7ghz and I'm gonna try for more.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
It's alive!

Thanks for the help everyone.

The culprit was a new 8gb SD card (flash memory) that I plugged into my monitor. It somehow froze the computer, and I guess it messed up the BIOS as well.

As a side note - the video card was so hot because I messed with the BIOS. I recommend against doing this!

The CPU is back up at 2.7ghz and I'm gonna try for more.

hahaha....

Gotta love Ocers!!!!!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Your monitor has an SD card slot????

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Your monitor has an SD card slot????

Yeah, it's a Dell 2405. It has something like 4 USB ports and a bunch of flash memory slots for all the different types.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Man, talk about a scare! Those Opterons are made of iron, though.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Your monitor has an SD card slot????

Yeah, it's a Dell 2405. It has something like 4 USB ports and a bunch of flash memory slots for all the different types.

That's weird.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
As a side note - the video card was so hot because I messed with the BIOS. I recommend against doing this!

Messing with the motherboard BIOS or video card BIOS? If video card, did you change the temp setpoint for the fan to kick in and/or speed up?

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Your monitor has an SD card slot????

Yeah, it's a Dell 2405. It has something like 4 USB ports and a bunch of flash memory slots for all the different types.

That's weird.

Not really, my Dell 2709W also has a built-in USB 2.0 4-port hub with a 9-in-2 card reader. Very handy, to tell the truth!

 

[Elias824]

Man I love those optys, almost got one that has barley been used from a buddy for another computer. but I got screwed out of it at the last minuet.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Your monitor has an SD card slot????

Yeah, it's a Dell 2405. It has something like 4 USB ports and a bunch of flash memory slots for all the different types.

That's weird.

Lots of Dell stuff has a USB hub/card reader built in. At home I use a standard Dell USB keyboard, it has 2 USB slots built in... unfortunately I can't use my flash cards on it, it exceeds the USB power spec when used on the keyboard or something.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: SickBeast
It's alive!

Thanks for the help everyone.

The culprit was a new 8gb SD card (flash memory) that I plugged into my monitor. It somehow froze the computer, and I guess it messed up the BIOS as well.

As a side note - the video card was so hot because I messed with the BIOS. I recommend against doing this!

The CPU is back up at 2.7ghz and I'm gonna try for more.

hahaha....

Gotta love Ocers!!!!!

 

[f4phantom2500]

if you haven't already done so, you should really consider setting the gpu fan to run at 100% whenever you're running a 3d app.

 

[quadomatic]

8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: quadomatic
8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

Yeah, apparently you need an SDHC (high capacity) reader for these new massive SD cards. Mine is old, and it froze my BIOS, making me think I fried my CPU.

 

[quadomatic]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic
8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

Yeah, apparently you need an SDHC (high capacity) reader for these new massive SD cards. Mine is old, and it froze my BIOS, making me think I fried my CPU.

Ah, I see. Well at least you're all good now, though I'm sure it gave you quite a scare.

Did you try another Linux OS like I had recommended? Ubuntu isn't all that great.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: quadomatic

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic
8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

Yeah, apparently you need an SDHC (high capacity) reader for these new massive SD cards. Mine is old, and it froze my BIOS, making me think I fried my CPU.

Ah, I see. Well at least you're all good now, though I'm sure it gave you quite a scare.

Did you try another Linux OS like I had recommended? Ubuntu isn't all that great.

Which Linux do you recommend again?

I tried OpenSUSE 11.1 recently and did not like it.

I have also tried TinyMe and really liked it, but it will not install properly to my SATA hard drive which is a shame.

I like Ubuntu personally. I would like something faster and lighter personally, but have yet to find anything that works well enough yet.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic
8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

Yeah, apparently you need an SDHC (high capacity) reader for these new massive SD cards. Mine is old, and it froze my BIOS, making me think I fried my CPU.

Ah, I see. Well at least you're all good now, though I'm sure it gave you quite a scare.

Did you try another Linux OS like I had recommended? Ubuntu isn't all that great.

Which Linux do you recommend again?

I tried OpenSUSE 11.1 recently and did not like it.

I have also tried TinyMe and really liked it, but it will not install properly to my SATA hard drive which is a shame.

I like Ubuntu personally. I would like something faster and lighter personally, but have yet to find anything that works well enough yet.

Sort of hijacking here, but it is on the same lines... Has Linux Improved in the last 10 years? I remember delving into Red Hat about 10 years ago, maybe 12 and I pulled my hair out because of how complex it was. I couldn't figure out basic things, like installing a driver and no one seemed to have information on how to do so. Kept telling me to recompile things, etc... That put a bad, very bad taste in my mouth from what seems to be a really great product. People did tell me that it has become far, far easier to use, especially with Ubuntu and so on. But, I guess I am wondering, is there really a reason for me to delve into it now? I don't hate Windows - rather like it.

 

[Soulkeeper]

get another one and DO IT AGAIN !!!
DO IT AGAIN !!!

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: quadomatic
8GB SD Card? What?

Glad it wasn't serious. Good luck!

Yeah, apparently you need an SDHC (high capacity) reader for these new massive SD cards. Mine is old, and it froze my BIOS, making me think I fried my CPU.

Ah, I see. Well at least you're all good now, though I'm sure it gave you quite a scare.

Did you try another Linux OS like I had recommended? Ubuntu isn't all that great.

Which Linux do you recommend again?

I tried OpenSUSE 11.1 recently and did not like it.

I have also tried TinyMe and really liked it, but it will not install properly to my SATA hard drive which is a shame.

I like Ubuntu personally. I would like something faster and lighter personally, but have yet to find anything that works well enough yet.

Sort of hijacking here, but it is on the same lines... Has Linux Improved in the last 10 years? I remember delving into Red Hat about 10 years ago, maybe 12 and I pulled my hair out because of how complex it was. I couldn't figure out basic things, like installing a driver and no one seemed to have information on how to do so. Kept telling me to recompile things, etc... That put a bad, very bad taste in my mouth from what seems to be a really great product. People did tell me that it has become far, far easier to use, especially with Ubuntu and so on. But, I guess I am wondering, is there really a reason for me to delve into it now? I don't hate Windows - rather like it.

Well, Ubuntu is certainly less bloated than Vista, and looks better as well once you enable Compiz and a decent Emerald theme.

It's just nice to have an OS where everything is free and works well.

I'd say give Ubuntu a shot; just see if you like it. I don't really use Windows anymore.