a64 system dead

SameSuspect

SameSuspect

SameSuspect

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last night i was messing about with the bios settings, pushing the overclock, and my pc died.

im not really sure if its dead tho... when i 1st start up, the post passes, then it gets stuck on the screen where it tells you how many hdd's you got, what the irq settings are ect.

i can still enter bios. but i cant start the pc with a cd to try and format because the screen gets stuck before the "press a key to boot from cd" screen. i havnt tried a floppy yet because i havnt yet got a spare one about, but if i cant start the pc from cd, surly i cant start from floppy too??

i tried changing the gc but am having no luck.

im thinking it could be a currupt bios??

if so would flashing the bios solve it, (if it boots from floppy)

if i cant get it to boot from cd, will it not boot from floppy either?
 
asus a8n-sli se on an athlon 64 3700 san diego. look in the sig man!

im going to buy a floppy drive sometime this week, im just worried i cant get to the point where it boots from floppy.
 
this is the screen it gets stuck on, The little white line at the bottom left flashes.

can you see this being any other issue apart from the motherboard?

iv already checked the gc, ram. but not sure if it could be the cpu, psu or motherboard bios, or the motherboard itself

 
Concorde Rules said:
Remove power, remove CMOS battery, put CMOS clear jumper to clear and leave it overnight.

Oh and edit your posts not post three in 2 hours.
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haha does it really matter.

thanx for the advice, will try it tonight
 
scotty32 said:
yeah try the overnight CMOS clear, if not, you could try physically replacing the BIOS, if not - RMA :(

Good luck! Oh, and nice DMX poster :D
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lol thanx

I left it overnight and it hasnt worked :( oh well thanx for the help
 
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