So what is happening with my computer?

[eXx08]

I tried overclocking it it worked... I went to the movies came back just kept restarting. I tried clearing CMOS it worked but still kept restarting. I am trying to re-install windows but it doesn't even ask if I can boot from CD.

Any seuggestions or should I take it up to PC Club?

 

[Heligrin]

detecting your HD?

 

[dev0lution]

Any clicking sounds from the drive?

To boot from CD change your settings in BIOS to put the optical drive as the 1st boot device.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Did you check to make sure all the fans were still running etc?

What are the temps like in BIOS?

 

[eXx08]

It's detecting the HDD... everything works fine up untill it trys to boot windows and my CPU is rnning at about 36 degrees which is kinda hot but I put more Thermal Compound on because it didn't have much. I am about to go Re-Install windows should I repair it or jsut Re-Install it?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

have you tried safe mode?

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Opteron Guy
It's detecting the HDD... everything works fine up untill it trys to boot windows and my CPU is rnning at about 36 degrees which is kinda hot but I put more Thermal Compound on because it didn't have much. I am about to go Re-Install windows should I repair it or jsut Re-Install it?

Sounds like your overclock caused data corruption to me.

If you can restore a copy of a previous registry saved by system restore that will get you up and running I bet.

 

[dev0lution]

I'd run a couple things like chkdsk in the recovery console before going through a reinstall...

 

[stevty2889]

I agree with Odin, you probably corrupted the hard drive when you overclocked. Either your board doesn't have a PCI lock(which would be unusual for any modern board), or your ram wan't 100% stable, and corrupted the hard drive.

 

[Geforcer]

Originally posted by: dev0lution
I'd run a couple things like chkdsk in the recovery console before going through a reinstall...

I'd give this a try as well. boot to recovery console, and use chkdsk /f

 

[eXx08]

Well thanks guy's for all your help. I repaired windows and it works I guess the Overclock corrupted soemthing to make it reboot all the times.

Thanks again.

 

[Sean Maxwell]

and for future reference make sure your CD-ROM has high priority in boot order because I saw you mentioned it was not booting off a CD either 🙂