Odd computer problem after attempt of overclock.

[Mik3y]

hey, my friend just attempted to overclock his newly built a64 3000+. he increased the vcore to 1.7 and fsb to 210 or so and when he reboots, the system doesnt post. he's tried clearing the CMOS several times and still nothing. his system was working fine before at stock everything. i'm guessing he should take out and put back in the mobo battery and see if it can reset the bios from there and successfully boot up. all that happens right now is that his led on the front of his sonata just blink and nothing else turns on. the friend i'm helping is also part of this forum known as Xyclone. we've only been chatting and calling each other on the computer build and etc, so i havent actually seen anything. since his computer's down right now, i'm posting this for him.

 

[Aleksandar]

Yeah that hapens a lot i sugest removing the battry and let it sit there with no power in the PSU like 5-10 min
but it is not a good idea to up the volt on the cpu i dont know how much voltage can that cpu take so am not gonna coment that it is dead but it is a possibility.

 

[Shimmishim]

1.7 ain't that much for the A64's...

i think 1.7 shouldn't have killed it... but dunno why the 3000+ couldn't handle an increase in 10 mhz or HTT...

maybe it was his ram..

 

[Mik3y]

his ram was 1gb corsair value select ram with a latency at 2.5. i was thinking the same how 1.7 is nothing for the athlons. do you guys have any clue why it wouldnt post at all, even after a cmos reset?

 

[Adn4n]

Isn't the value select with the 2.5 cas latency 2700? I'm pretty sure 3200 has a cas of 3.

Also, whenever I get that same problem, all i have to do it flip the power switch at the back of my case, and then it'll start up with an overclock failure message, and give me the option to reconfigure my settings.

 

[Aleksandar]

Not Much man take everything off then put back only stuff like cpu mem video card no hdd no floppy no cd no sound card if that dont work then dude something died. cpu mem or ram

Good Luck

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Adn4n
Isn't the value select with the 2.5 cas latency 2700? I'm pretty sure 3200 has a cas of 3.

value select ddr400 has a cas of 2.5. it's only $1 more hten the one with a cas of 3 at newegg.com.