help: startup problems with E6400

[sefie20]

i recently got an E6400 paired with a DS3 mobo. I overclocked it somewhat to 3 GHz and it was fairly stable(or at least i thought so). Yesterday I turned on my computer and it wouldnt load anything past the BIOS screen. So i had to reset, and press DEL really quickly to get into the BIOS setup. SO i loaded optimized defaults, which rest all the small things i changed. Fair enough. Then this morning the exact same thing happened???? What the heck is going on here? I have F7 BIOS. Did I screw up something? Thanks for the help.....

 

[Raider1284]

Is your cpu overheating? if everything is at default specs thats the only thing I can think of that would cause this problem. Unless the previous overclock might have damage something. What are your cpu temps? do you have enough power?

 

[n7]

RAM settings?

My system will sit at halfway thru the posting screen if my RAM is being pushed beyond its limits, so that's be my first guess.

 

[sefie20]

well my temps were at about 50 before (using TAT) and now at default settings its right at 40. So i dont think its that. my memory timings are pretty much stock (i think) and i havent played around with their voltages or anything. im gonna try a restart right now.