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Changing bios settings does nothing, can't OC

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Croak3

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Have a Gig. GA 965p ds3 1.88 Dual core

Basically, my bios reset itself the other day to default settings of 1.88 ghz from my 2.7ghz setup. (as fast as it will go, used to run comfortably at 3.3 ghz ??? but another problem, 'nother day...or not). I set the bios up again to my 2.7 ghz settings and it will stay that way no matter what I do. But, the post screen and an xp's CPU speed gadget both say it's at the default 1.88 ghz. (and it feels like it)

-I've poped the battery out for a few, no changes to my 2.7 bios settings, but post and xp still report 1.88ghz

-Cold boot, same deal

-Reflashed with the latest BIO+ cold boot, same deal.

So to regurgitate, the bios always stays with my 2.7 setup, never resets to default or changes at all on reboot but, the system always registers only 1.88 in post and Xp.I did wind up at a free tattoo art site about the same time. That wreaked some havoc on me, spyware, few viruses, etc, but I can't imagine how it could derail my bios. (Ran the latest, usual virus/spyware stuff since, all should be well)

Help... Please..

Croak
 
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Update:

I re-flashed the latest bios again, turned down the cpu a smidge, upped the FSB voltage from ,1 to ,2 over and it worked, well, post and XP now read a whopping 2.66 mhz. See if it's stable. Sure would like to get it back up to at least 3.2 but I did it so long ago I can't recall what I did.

what else can I do to get this back up to speed? Any advice is appreciated.

Regards, Croak
 
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Croak3 said:
Update:

I re-flashed the latest bios again, turned down the cpu a smidge, upped the FSB voltage from ,1 to ,2 over and it worked, well, post and XP now read a whopping 2.66 mhz. See if it's stable. Sure would like to get it back up to at least 3.2 but I did it so long ago I can't recall what I did.

what else can I do to get this back up to speed? Any advice is appreciated.

Regards, Croak
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it could be that the overclocks no longer stable and if the board has a dual bios option for automatic fail safe.. that its seeing the overclocks not stable and automatically booting under the default settings and/or switching to the second bios..

a trick you could try is to go in set the bios to the advanced default(or optimized default what ever the bios says it is) then booting up.. go to windows.. restart.. then go back into the bios and trying the overclock again.. this is the only way im able to overclock on one of my amd boards i have..
 
Thanks for the reply.

Thats interesting, I don't know no how I would find out if I have dual bios. What would cause it to become permanently unstable (if thats what you meant? Does the cpu or mobo just get a little burned out?

Overclocking initially has always been hit an miss on this set up, that is. when I change the settings it always cold reboots itsel, sometimes twice. These automatic reboots are a 50/50 proposition. Either my BIOS settings get reset to default, or mine remain. If they get reset, the #s in the bios always revert to default (except last night).

Chances are 50/50 if I go back and put my exact settings back in the bios, It will cold reboot without wiping out my bios settings. The double sautomatic cold reboot is more like a 70% chance it will wipe out my settings.The doubles occure when I make a big jump in the clock speed. That says to me it's not a double bios, but a double would explain last night..

But I got it running as 2.66ghz, a far cry from what it used to but workable. 1.88 is really unworkable May try to inching it up, maybe it was just the FSB voltage'

Thanks again, croak

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