Setting ram timings killed my MB?

[gem225]

I posted this over in the tech support forum, but haven't gotten much response to it.. maybe one of you guys has run into this before?

So, I sort of did something bad..

I just got a new e6400 Core 2 Duo and Gigabyte DS3 and have been playing around with overclocking the system. Managed to get a stable overclock of about 400 fsb, but then I did something stupid. I was tinkering with my ram timings and apparently put them too low. The system failed to boot, and when I reset it went to a screen that said something about invalid flash bios (I had previously flashed bios to f3, and it had been fine and stable and I had not since touched the flash bios).

Now, when I boot, the case fans will power on and the graphics card seems to be getting power (an led is lit), but the cpu fan won't start (it clicks as though it's trying to, but never actually spins) and neither will my system, no beeps. The monitor gets no signal. I have tried clearing cmos and taking out the battery, but that seems to have done nothing. I have powered another system with the CPU and I get a beep out of that.

So, I have to think that it's either the CPU or the motherboard. Any ideas? Thanks for any imput!

 

[CoasterGuy]

I had the same problem with my DS3 and figured it out. Try this....

Unplug the power cable from the power supply then clear the cmos with a jumper for about 5 seconds.

Then plug your power supply back in. You should then get into the BIOS with the original settings.

Just clearing the cmos never worked for me, I had to unplug the PS.

Hope this helps.

 

[gem225]

Tried it with the power plugged in and the power unplugged.. no dice. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

 

[gem225]

Sorry to be a pest, but any ideas? Otherwise, I'm just going to RMA the motherboard tomorrow.