Just a heap of problems

[d3lt4]

I was OC'ing my winbond ram yesterday and after the third time I loaded windows and shut down my CP wouldn't load windows anymore. (I have a DFI Lanparty NF4 -D) The bios loads fine, then it says cmos reloaded OK! then it says problem loading operating system. So I tried repairing it. That didn't work, and so I reinstalled windows. Same thing. So is my motherboard or my HD screwed up. I am trying to send both of them back RMA, but it is a royal pain in the upside. Should I just talk to newegg for the MOBO and Best buy for the HD, or talk straight to the manufactorers?

 

[DetroitSportsFan]

Usually, when you corrupt your OS with an unstable overclock, a reformat/reinstall usually does the trick. Since it didn't, lets check your ram before you go through the hastle of an RMA. Download either the bootable or floppy image of Memtest. Run both sticks, and the each stick separately if you get any errors.

Bad ram can cause the problem you described. I'd check it before replacing the other components ... especially when you get your replacements, you find you still have the same problem because it was the ram all along. So, lets test your ram before we do the RMA.

 

[d3lt4]

I checked the ram with memtest built in to my DFI board and it ran fine. I also tried with a different ram stick that is working on another cp. Still same problem. TO test if it was the hard drive I took a working HD and put it in instead of the one I had in there. The same problem occured. Do you think the motherboard is bad?

 

[BadThad]

Did you reset the CMOS after the failed OC?

 

[d3lt4]

I reloaded CMOS just to make sure, and still the same thing. Plus on DFI boards it checks it for you every time you restart your cp.

 

[d3lt4]

so does everyone concur that it is the mobo?