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hello.
About a week ago I was working (errr...ahhh playing) with my desktop.
DFI LP nf4 SLI-dr
Athy64 4000+
2gb gigaram 2-3-2-5 DDR-400
7900gt SLI @ 580 1600
550W Hyper PSU
Well getting ready to retest my RAM to get current aprox. OCing potential to see whether to go Opti 165 or 175...
After making changes in the BIOs and saving the computer would hang. The power LEDs would flash and the system repetitively beeped. Hmmm not good...i cleared the CMOS and it would boot then I loaded the defaults. Samething...Cleared the CMOS again and instead I loaded a saved profile I made and it booted no problem...we had a theory about the CMOS battery...so I replaced it. I don't remember...but I think that took care of it.
So on to the OC test. I loaded the "optimized defaults" in BIOs saved and exited...It loaded an old OC profile...not bad if it were 100% stable (2.7ghz @ 225 x12 1.675 vcrore)...well that's odd, the defaults should be default. well whatever...set what I needed and selected to boot memtest. repeated many times. yay stable @ 250! woot woot. then moved to boot windows and that's where we hung-up. The computer would get as far as booting windows then reboot. tweaked settings and still couldn't get it to boot windows...[whatever events I don't remember]..."hmm maybe too many changes and times saved..."... more desk diving
This is the point where the operator error comes in...I remember desk diving alot so I don't really remember why I did this time. The power was off I reached in and moved the jumper to 2-3 from 1-2 and it dawns on me ****! the PSU was still on so the mobo had power!!! zomg what did I do!?!?! i powered off the PSU by the switch and moved to CMOS back to 1-2. Upon rebooting there was a checksum error but was still able to get into the BIOs. Didn't save and exited. rebooted...at which point I got those beeps and flashes until I powered it off.
I cleared the CMOS again (plug out to be sure) then rebooted. This time I let it boot and it made it into windows. felt slugish. CPU-z reported 2,325mhz and other goofy speeds (athy64 4000+ @ 2.4 stock). Maybe corrupt BIOs? So I flashed. Still nada. @ reboot the system would hang everytime (Just at the system beep). if I cleared the CMOs it would boot again after hanging. Ordered a new BIOs chip flashed with BIOs from DFI. poped it in and still repeated. at this stage I got check-sum error and unknown flash type upon booting...but still could boot windows.
Well after that about 1 week ago I haven't looked too much into it. Going to check out my CPU and Mem on a friend's system to maybe narrow down the fried hardware. Also looked into upgrading to AM2 or C2D...I don't have the money at the moment. since at the moment I can boot windows I still use the system for fear of WoW withdrawls...even if it is on the unstable side.
So thank you for your time in reading this. I hope I wasn't TOO verbose...
what do you think???
Note to self: Remember to unplug or switch off the PSU before clearing the CMOS
lol
About a week ago I was working (errr...ahhh playing) with my desktop.
DFI LP nf4 SLI-dr
Athy64 4000+
2gb gigaram 2-3-2-5 DDR-400
7900gt SLI @ 580 1600
550W Hyper PSU
Well getting ready to retest my RAM to get current aprox. OCing potential to see whether to go Opti 165 or 175...
After making changes in the BIOs and saving the computer would hang. The power LEDs would flash and the system repetitively beeped. Hmmm not good...i cleared the CMOS and it would boot then I loaded the defaults. Samething...Cleared the CMOS again and instead I loaded a saved profile I made and it booted no problem...we had a theory about the CMOS battery...so I replaced it. I don't remember...but I think that took care of it.
So on to the OC test. I loaded the "optimized defaults" in BIOs saved and exited...It loaded an old OC profile...not bad if it were 100% stable (2.7ghz @ 225 x12 1.675 vcrore)...well that's odd, the defaults should be default. well whatever...set what I needed and selected to boot memtest. repeated many times. yay stable @ 250! woot woot. then moved to boot windows and that's where we hung-up. The computer would get as far as booting windows then reboot. tweaked settings and still couldn't get it to boot windows...[whatever events I don't remember]..."hmm maybe too many changes and times saved..."... more desk diving
This is the point where the operator error comes in...I remember desk diving alot so I don't really remember why I did this time. The power was off I reached in and moved the jumper to 2-3 from 1-2 and it dawns on me ****! the PSU was still on so the mobo had power!!! zomg what did I do!?!?! i powered off the PSU by the switch and moved to CMOS back to 1-2. Upon rebooting there was a checksum error but was still able to get into the BIOs. Didn't save and exited. rebooted...at which point I got those beeps and flashes until I powered it off.
I cleared the CMOS again (plug out to be sure) then rebooted. This time I let it boot and it made it into windows. felt slugish. CPU-z reported 2,325mhz and other goofy speeds (athy64 4000+ @ 2.4 stock). Maybe corrupt BIOs? So I flashed. Still nada. @ reboot the system would hang everytime (Just at the system beep). if I cleared the CMOs it would boot again after hanging. Ordered a new BIOs chip flashed with BIOs from DFI. poped it in and still repeated. at this stage I got check-sum error and unknown flash type upon booting...but still could boot windows.
Well after that about 1 week ago I haven't looked too much into it. Going to check out my CPU and Mem on a friend's system to maybe narrow down the fried hardware. Also looked into upgrading to AM2 or C2D...I don't have the money at the moment. since at the moment I can boot windows I still use the system for fear of WoW withdrawls...even if it is on the unstable side.
So thank you for your time in reading this. I hope I wasn't TOO verbose...
what do you think???
Note to self: Remember to unplug or switch off the PSU before clearing the CMOS
lol