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Overclock crash - recoverable?
More Cowbell:
--- Quote from: Stewie on February 02, 2006, 09:55:22 am ---You need to clear CMOS. Remove the battery and find the RESET jumper and place a contact between post 1 & 2 or 2 & 3 for 2-3 secs.
Try that and if the CPU isn't fried, then if should take you into the POST.
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Thanks, Stewie. I'll give that a try.
My need to overclock was based on the processor that I already had in the system. Since I'm not extremely computer literate, I thought it may be easier to squeeze a bit more power out so that I could play a few of the games that stutter currently. If it was between buying a 2.5 or 3.0Ghz processor or something, I agree completely that it's worth the money to get something manufactured specifically for what you want it to be. Hence, if I end up having to replace the processor, I will go for something in the 3 range and NOT overclock. :-\
Which leads me to one more question...
If I can't get it running again, can I simply replace the processor and everything will run ok right from the start? I know I need to see what specifications my motherboard has, but if I install a new CPU, will it boot up ok or are there other changes that need to be made?
SteveJ34:
Assuming you have reset the BIOS so that the motherboard is no longer set to overclock then a new proc should work.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: More Cowbell on February 02, 2006, 10:41:34 am ---Hence, if I end up having to replace the processor, I will go for something in the 3 range and NOT overclock. :-\
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I seriously doubt you will be able to support a 3G processor on a KT266A board, but I didn't look up the specs from the ECS site for you . . . :police: (See my previous post).
--- Quote ---Which leads me to one more question...
If I can't get it running again, can I simply replace the processor and everything will run ok right from the start? I know I need to see what specifications my motherboard has, but if I install a new CPU, will it boot up ok or are there other changes that need to be made?
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Okay - I doubt you did any really damage - just reset the CMOS and you SHOULD be fine again. However, if you did do damage, there is really no way to know whether you may have damaged the mobo, the memory, or what other components until you get the system booting.
On a more general note - if you are putting in another 1.1 G Athlon, you still need the BIOS reset so the FSB is low enough to allow it to boot. If you are putting in something faster, you may need to set something in the BIOS (see previous reply by me).
Lilwolf - As previously posted, back in the day - I overclocked my Pentium 200 to 225 Mhz by changing the FSB from 66 to 75 Mhz, IMS. This changed the PCI/IDE bus from 33-1/3 to 37.5 Mhz. Worked fine with my WD hard-drive, then I upgraded to a Maxtor, and it took 8 hours to load Win98. Didn't hurt the drive at all (but I couldn't o/c with it), but it's not a fair statement to say that o/c'ing CAN'T affect the HD. ;)
Tiger-Heli:
Looks like your board might be able to support a 133 Mhz FSB Athlon 2400, but that is based on a Google search, which led me to this:
http://www.driverguide.com/boards/bios10/1529.html
which led me to this:
http://support.levi.cz/soubor.php?produkt=SV266A&typ=b , which is not written in English.
More Cowbell:
Thanks for all of the advice. I will try to clear the CMOS tonight by following Stewie's advice and then advance from there as the severity dictates.