HELP - Newbie Mistake

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stop45

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OK so I have never OC'd anything and today I decided I would fix the CAS of my RAM to what it was supposed to run at out of the.

Specs: OCZ Platinum DDR400 PC3200
ASUS A8N SLI Premium
AMD 64 X2 4600 (939)

Si I was reading that the RAM is supposed to run at CAS 2 not 2.5 so I went into the BIOS and changed it to 2.0 and changed the mhz to 400. Now my machiene will not post at all so I can change it back. I do not know what to do to flash the bios, especially since I did not build them with a floppy. This is a work box that i built for graphics.. bad idea to say the least.

Any suggestions

Thank you!
 
Isn't the mhz you changed supposed to be 200? DDR is double duty rate, 200 x 2 = 400mhz... Try just putting the CAS at 2 and see if it boots.
 
Do not raise your memory FSB, that is your problem.

Don't you have to reset back to original settings by using the CLTRC (I think that's it) jumper to reset back to the original settings so the PC will post again.

Then try just the CAS Latency, as opposed to the FSB.
 
And without any jumper, just remove the battery, unplug the computer then wait 10 mins before putting the battery back and rebooting. By that time, it should boot and display a cmos checksum error. At this time, it's just a matter of reconfiguring the bios and saving.
 
OMFG YOU FRIED YOU BOARD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND IT BACK YOU NOOB!

lol, just kidding.

Just in case you are a little lost on how to reset the bios with the jumpers I'll help you out.

Okay, you see the little blue piece right beside the battery? There are 3 pins there and the plastic is on two. The middle one and the one to the left. Move it over to the middle one and the one to the right for about 5-10 seconds and then put it back. What that does is reset all the bios settings to default so anything you changed will go back to stock.

After that you should be good to go again. Don't worry about it, we were all noobies once ;)
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Thanks everyone! I am up and running again with original settings.

If I were to post my complete specs would anyone be able to help me OC this machine. I just feel like I am loosing lots of available potential.
 
stop45,

Try a google search for "overclocking bible" and "overclocking guide". There are some great guides in several different forums that can help you learn to OC with the best of us. Sure, someone can lead you by the hand, but isn't it better to understand what to do and why for yourself??

Have fun!
CoachB
 
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