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Mindoculus

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my screen is black and me 'puter will not boot.

using abit's ic7 soft menu on a 2.4c, i did the following:

original ---> Ext. Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI) 200/66/33
after a little blind tinkering ----> 220/62/31mhz

i left the DRAM ratio (CPU:DRam) By SPD (1:1). my options here,
which i did not tamper with, were 3:2, 5:4, 1:1, and By SPD.

now, i upped it last night 10 quick numbers higher. no issues. machine worked well. first oc appeared a success. feeling emboldened, i then upped it another quick 10 points. black screen. eerie silence. nothing beyond a mobo light.

can i simply reset the cmos and reverse this sad misfortune ? take out
that little battery, count one mississippi, two mississippi, and put it back
in and everything will be alright ?

everybody say yes ?!?
 
Mindoculus said:
my screen is black and me 'puter will not boot.

using abit's ic7 soft menu on a 2.4c, i did the following:

original ---> Ext. Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI) 200/66/33
after a little blind tinkering ----> 220/62/31mhz

i left the DRAM ratio (CPU:DRam) By SPD (1:1). my options here,
which i did not tamper with, were 3:2, 5:4, 1:1, and By SPD.

now, i upped it last night 10 quick numbers higher. no issues. machine worked well. first oc appeared a success. feeling emboldened, i then upped it another quick 10 points. black screen. eerie silence. nothing beyond a mobo light.

can i simply reset the cmos and reverse this sad misfortune ? take out
that little battery, count one mississippi, two mississippi, and put it back
in and everything will be alright ?

everybody say yes ?!?
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I would reset the CMOS first.
 
resetting the CMOS cant result in further, if any, damage...so just do that first...
 
Mindoculus said:
my screen is black and me 'puter will not boot.

using abit's ic7 soft menu on a 2.4c, i did the following:

original ---> Ext. Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI) 200/66/33
after a little blind tinkering ----> 220/62/31mhz

i left the DRAM ratio (CPU:DRam) By SPD (1:1). my options here,
which i did not tamper with, were 3:2, 5:4, 1:1, and By SPD.

now, i upped it last night 10 quick numbers higher. no issues. machine worked well. first oc appeared a success. feeling emboldened, i then upped it another quick 10 points. black screen. eerie silence. nothing beyond a mobo light.

can i simply reset the cmos and reverse this sad misfortune ? take out
that little battery, count one mississippi, two mississippi, and put it back
in and everything will be alright ?

everybody say yes ?!?
Click to expand...

Turn the switch on the back of the psu to off. Set the jumper near the battery (the cmos jumper) to positions 3-4. Wait 30 seconds, and put it back to original settings. Your machine will now work! :D
 
thank you so much for all the help.

i thought about just removing the battery. its plain enough to see on the
ic7. i'll have to look a little closer to locate and remove the smaller jumpers.
 
i dont know if i need a new thread for this in a different category
because the problem has gotten worse.

i had removed all connectors from my o/c'ed box last night. used
an old dell instead to send out my cries for help.

well, i located the jumper. easy enough. i lifted it from 1-2 to 2-3.
waited for a commercial to end on the tellie. then i moved the jumper
back.

where i had at least the whirring of the psu fan kicking in before, now
i have next to nothing, the only item i see being powered is a lone
mobo light. there is literally nothing else happening.

any ideas would as usual be greatly appreciated ?
 
computerpro3 said:
Turn the switch on the back of the psu to off. Set the jumper near the battery (the cmos jumper) to positions 3-4. Wait 30 seconds, and put it back to original settings. Your machine will now work! :D
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dont you mean from position 1-2 to 2-3, not 3-4 ?

there are only three pins as far as i can tell. i'm surprised no one has
recommended i do anything with the cmos battery. i'm also worried
that my 220 increase may have damaged the memory. is that possible ?
 
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