Help with my P.O.S. pc

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Alright I've had plenty of issues with this computer but this has really been pissing me off I recently purchased a phenom 9850 and I flashed my bios so it would all work. So I've tried overclocking it and I can only get it to 2.8ghz but thats not really the problem. The problem is after I turn the computer off it won't even POST and I have to press the clear CMOS button on the mobo and reconfigure the BIOS constantly. Second Problem I've been having is the DREADED display driver error I've got 2 8800ultras and when I put them in SLI everygame crashes but they work perfectly fine alone. Ive tried 169.25 and the 174.74 to no avail... thanks for any help in advance heres my system specs...
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.8ghz 1.55v
ASUS, CROSSHAIR, nForce 590 SLI mobo 1103 BIOS
CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL5 (5-5-5-12)
2x 8800ultra 1 Evga the other MSI
2x 320 gb WD hard drives in raid 0 + 1 500GB WD
ANTEC, Quattro 850 Power Supply, 850W power supply
 
It sounds like for the time being, you need to replace your CMOS battery, keep everything at stock settings/voltage, and just one 8800 Ultra card for the time being.

Then download Driver Cleaner Pro, uninstall your Forceware drivers, use Driver Cleaner Pro to erase any remnants of the Forceware drivers from your system, and reinstall only one version of the Forceware drivers (either the last working set or the most recent version).

There is a possibility that the different brand 8800 Ultra cards aren't playing along with each other, but I don't know enough to confirm that. (Out of curiosity, which monitor/resolution are you using?)
 
Get all of the bugs worked out before you overclock anything.

Set stock speeds, fix the bugs, then overclock.
 
Switch and swap video cards around to make sure that one of your 8800Ultra card isn't defective.

And I concur, don't overclock just yet. Figure out whether or not the PC is stable at stock speeds, let alone overclocked speeds.
 
Alright I will try what you've suggested I guess I've been to eager to overclock my new phenom
 
Well I've tried what you said and my system is completley stable at stock speeds but I get the same problems with the graphics card driver crashing in SLI I've tested both cards in seperate slots and alone and they work fine but the second i put them in SLI I cant play any games. The MSI is factory overclocked and the XFX isn't could that be the problem? Also any help on the problem with my motherboard not POSTing after shutdown?
 
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