motherboard won't boot because the fsb speed is too high

[Pyramix]

a friend of mine got a new motherboard: msi kt6 delta
he tampered with the fsb speed and set it to be too high it seems
now, nothing works. the motherboard won't boot
clearing the CMOS didn't help
does anybody know what can be done in this situation? how does he set the fsb speed to be what it originally was?

 

[high]

should have a 100fsb Jumper on the board. Just set that jumper and boot to get into bios, reset bios, turn off power and replace jumper to original spot, boot up and start oc'ing again. If that doesn't work you've correctly done all the CMOS clearing, say hello to corrupt bios

 

[Buz2b]

Since you already tried clearing the CMOS, do this. If you can get into the BIOS, set it to default. Shut down. Pull the battery from the MB. Leave it off for a minute or two. Then put it back into the slot and try to reboot the machine. If that doesn't work, his Windows system may have been corrupted and I guess possibly the BIOS as mentioned above. Best way to check would be to try and reflash the BIOS first. If that doesn't work then most likely his system files are goose grease. What OS is he running?

 

[Pyramix]

thanks for the suggestions....he's gonna try removing the battery, if he can figure out how to do that

OS is Windows XP

 

[Pyramix]

Okay, removing the battery and then putting it back in seems to have worked. But he's having another problem now. Earlier, the diagnostic LEDs on the board were all red when it tried to boot, now the first two are green, but it stops on the 3rd LED, which indicates that there is something wrong with the memory module. He's going to go out and buy some new memory and see if that fixes the problem. Is it possible that changing the FSB setting could have damaged the memory? Has anybody else had any such problems?

 

[Buz2b]

Is it possible that changing the FSB setting could have damaged the memory?

That's a big 10-4 buddy. While not common, it is not impossible. Wouldn't be the first time. Any time you run things out of spec you risk damages.
If nothing else, download and run a memory test program. Memtest86 is one but there is also one from Microsoft that seems to be pretty good. Run those (follow their instructions) and see what turns up.
Of course, this is assuming he can run this test from a boot floppy; which these will construct. You also have to change the boot order to make sure it recognizes the floppy as the first boot device. Can he get into the BIOS to do this?

More details=better results. You're doing fine so far. Let us know what else happens.

 

[FABulous]

Hi everyone,

I'm the friend that ran the FSB too high. I tried using brand new memory, and nothing is still going on. I turn the power on, everything turns on, then everthing turns off. I cannot get into anything. I have taken the CMOS battery out. I am probably going to get another processor, unless someone has a better (and cheaper) idea. Thanks for the help!

 

[Buz2b]

Originally posted by: FABulous
Hi everyone,

I'm the friend that ran the FSB too high. I tried using brand new memory, and nothing is still going on. I turn the power on, everything turns on, then everthing turns off. I cannot get into anything. I have taken the CMOS battery out. I am probably going to get another processor, unless someone has a better (and cheaper) idea. Thanks for the help!

The only suggestion I would have is to not buy a new cpu just yet. You haven't ruled out everything else. It could be the MB itself and not the CPU.
Something fairly simple to try:
Try removing all components except the cpu w/hsf, Hard Drive, floppy, RAM and video card. You can just unplug the other drives but remove any pci cards also. In addition, if you have more than one stick of RAM, remove all but one. Unplug any case fans and just leave the side of the case off. Make sure you don't unplug the hs fan. Unplug and reinsert the video card firmly. Unplug the ATX (main power) plug from the MB, then reinsert it. Then try booting. Keep alert for any extra beeps and/or a video signal. If that doesn't accomplish much, try removing all the RAM and boot again to see if the board gives error beeps.
LMK what happens.

 

[Pyramix]

any updates, FABulous?