EEEP! help.

[Scumgriever]

I have just been mucking around doing a fresh install of XP on the computer I'm planning on using in my machine.
I was in the bios and noticed an option to set it from normal to turbo. I figured that sounded promising so switched it to turbo and then went to 'save and exit'.

Instead of booting the motherboard just started letting out a series of long (about 3sec) endless (for as long as I could bear it - at least 20) beeps  nothing else happens at all, no image on the screen no response from any keypresses.

Am I screwed? Its a gigabyte AGP8x with Award bios, i'm 99% sure on the bios but with no reference and being really tired I cant be certain.

[Organic Jerk]

Before taking anyone's second hand advice I would definitely contact gigabyte and get technical support..  Motherboards are sometimes tricky animals...

I mean as standard procedure you should ALWAYS make sure all your parts and well seated in their proper positions and such.. all disk drives are empty...fans are connected properly and working...no keyboard keys are stuck...

If gigabyte can't or refuses to help, then forums are there for you, but first choice should always be to the manufacturer... at least that's my belief.

[crzywolf]

If you can't get back to the Bios screen to change it back .try looking in your manual to find out how to reset the bios . Don't worry I am pretty sure you did not mess anything up .

Kemper

[SirPeale]

If you can't get back to the Bios screen to change it back .try looking in your manual to find out how to reset the bios . Don't worry I am pretty sure you did not mess anything up .

Kemper

Agreed.  Pull the battery, wait a few minutes, replace and go again.

Next time, reference your motherboard manual before making such a change.

[Havok]

Some motherboards have a button you press to reset the bios, or a jumper to reset it. Check the manual, and find out which. Or, like Peale says - pull the CMOS battery. Once reset, it will be at factory defaults and should boot right up. The turbo option does not work in some instances due to other installed components on the motherboard not being 100% compatible with this option.

And, ignore Peale about reading the manual first - that's for pansies. A manual is for last resort only...

 

[Scumgriever]

Agreed.  Pull the battery, wait a few minutes, replace and go again.

YAY  I love you guys!!!
I was worried I'd stuffed my CPU or somthing.

I haven't had time to fully see if its working because I am running super late but it seems to have fixed the problem. its booting up now and asking me to check the bios settings.
Thanks guys, I owe you.

And, ignore Peale about reading the manual first - that's for pansies. A manual is for last resort only...
 

Yeah, and it was ALL the way over the other side of the room too!


**EDIT** so far its asking for the RAID drivers which are on cd somewhere around here, and needed to re-install a few of my devices, but it seems to be working a-ok. **EDIT**