MSI motherboard i5 2500k overclocking problem

[Amitojc]

Hello All.

Well last night I tried to overclock my computer, well try to tweak with it and it resulted in a big problem. Here is what I have.
Mobo: MSI P67A-GD65 (B3), 1D bios
CPU: i5 2500 k

Problem: Well I was tweaked the voltage settings, press saved and restart.
The computer tried to restart, would come up with the bios load screen and the restart again, and this happened a few times. After a few times, it finally started up but came with an error message:
bios failed to boot up previous start, press f11 to go to set up or press f12 to go to default mode. I try pressing f11 or f12 but neither work on my keyboard.
I have a keyboard plugged into usb, so I was thinking the keyboard doesn't work, but if i press ctr alt del the system will restart and the same message will come so for some reason the keyboard works but doesn't recognize the f11 or f12 keys as commands.
I was wondering what I can do to boot up with default settings? Is there any way to clear the CMOS manually. Anyone have experience with this kind of board. I want to set it to default manually but couldn't find any information on how to. Well if anyone could help that would be grateful thanks i really need this computer to be up and running.

 

[Joseph F]

I don't have any experience with this specific board, but clearing the CMOS is done more-or-less the same way with every Motherboard. Look for a "Clear CMOS" jumper on the board and move it to the "clear" position for 15 seconds. (Be sure to move it back before you turn the Motherboard back on!) Some Motherboards have a clear CMOS button. Just hold the button in for the same amount of time and you should be set.

 

[Amitojc]

Ya that was the problem I couldnt find that jumper in the instruction book or on the board. I will email msi.

 

[Meghan54]

Ya that was the problem I couldnt find that jumper in the instruction book or on the board. I will email msi.

Your answer is on page 2-20 in your owner's manual. The CMOS jumper is called the JBAT1 jumper, located just below and to the right of the CMOS battery.


From the aforementioned page:

Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1
There is a CMOS RAM on board with an external battery power supply to preserve the system configuration data. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system configuration, set the jumper to clear data.

You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is off. Then return to 1-2 pin position. Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the mainboard.

 

[jacktesterson]

I build systems all the time, and have had 2 MSI P67 boards and a 990FX Board builds in last 1-2 months... and they all were much more difficult to O/C then Gigabyte/Asus boards in my experience.

Even my "budget" gamer with a ECS board was easier to OC



Good luck to you once you get it working! With some tweaking you will get results.

 

[4ghz]

Isn't there a clear cmos button on the back panel of that board?

 

[Amitojc]

Ya thank you. I did find the button on the back, and thankfully it works now. I clocked it at 4.5 right now without changing the voltages and it seems to be running fine so I guess I will just go for that. Maybe I will try to get a little more ambitious and try to clock it a little higher later on. Anyone had problems with changing the voltages on this board.

 

[toyota]

Isn't there a clear cmos button on the back panel of that board?

yeah I was about to say the same thing.

 

[Phil L]

Ya thank you. I did find the button on the back, and thankfully it works now. I clocked it at 4.5 right now without changing the voltages and it seems to be running fine so I guess I will just go for that. Maybe I will try to get a little more ambitious and try to clock it a little higher later on. Anyone had problems with changing the voltages on this board.

Just a cautionary note, the board may be and likely is on auto voltage. So while you can run the cpu at 4.5 (and can probably go even higher), it's probably running at much higher voltage and thus temperature than needed, as auto tends to do. Therefore you should try to see if you can tweak the voltage or at least monitor both the voltage and temp with some load (e.g. Prime95) to make sure things are reasonable before you try to push the multi higher.

Just a thought.

 

[podspi]

I know OP solved his question -- but I never bother with jumpers or CMOS buttons. When I've really messed things up, I take out the battery... Never fails