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Problems overclocking, system won't boot BIOS

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by Fuegoy, Nov 14, 2011.

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  1. Fuegoy Newcomer, in training

    I am really new to overclocking, and my first attempt my have fried my system. I went to the Bios and set my system to overclock to... I don't remember the speed, but when I hit save and exit the system never booted the OS it just blanked the screen. I let it sit for a while and nothing happened. I reset it in hopes to get back to the BIOS but after turning it on the BIOS wont even boot. The screen never turns on but the comp sounds like its running fine. Anyone know what the issue is? Or know how to do a hard reset to clear the changes I made to the BIOS?
    Fuegoy, Nov 14, 2011
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  2. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,898   +75

    Remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard for a few minutes, reinstall it and start the PC. That should return the BIOS to default settings. Keep in mind that if you have SATA drives and the BIOS was set to SATA, AHCI or RAID, be sure to reset it to that or you could have trouble starting Windows.
    mailpup, Nov 16, 2011
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  3. techsuitor Newcomer, in training Posts: 145

    Yes! please do as what Mailpup has said. Those instructions will let your BIOS return to its default settings...
    :)
    techsuitor, Nov 16, 2011
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