AMD 3700 Died?

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:49

Hi, i stupidly tryed to overclock my AMD 3700 about 15mins ago using Gigabyte's EasyTune5. I increase the frequencyn by aboutn 5-8% and now i can get back into windows. It was a AMD 3700 [754] with a Gigabyte K8N motherboard. Is there anything i can do to make it usable again? Please help me! Thanks

eggcup · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:53

UMMM reset the bios back to its its original settings, using jumper on the motherboard. or just pull the bios battery for about 30 secs and replace.

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:53

KK will try that now

lee87 · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:54

I doubt it's died, probably just not stable.
Have you tried going into safemode and setting it back to the default speed.

KizZ · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:55

eggcup said:
UMMM reset the bios back to its its original settings, using jumper on the motherboard. or just pull the bios battery for about 30 secs and replace.

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iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:55

yep tryed going back but it wont go past loading my Anti-Virus, then in safe mode it says the freq. is normal (2.4GHz)

lee87 · 17 Jun 2006 at 16:59

iceman911 said:
yep tryed going back but it wont go past loading my Anti-Virus, then in safe mode it says the freq. is normal (2.4GHz)

When in safe mode save the settings at the default speed on easy tune 5 and it should remove the overclock.

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:01

Easy tune wont load properly in Safe mode, you cant get onto the overclocking bit.

Thank for replies btw

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:06

ive found the CMOS jumpers, how do i clear it from here?

eggcup · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:09

move the jumper over to pins 2-3 for about 30 secs, then replace where it was , good luck

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:11

kk rebooting now

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:13

got into windows. Then i got a message saying i should check system date, and some hardware configuration sut, but it frose again when finnishing loading up the programs at the start, one of these being EasyTune

lee87 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:17

Try choosing 'last known good configuration' on the startup menu where safemode is.

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:18

Noob question but whats the shortcut to start in Safemode ?

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eggcup · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:18

the time is wrong now cause you rest the bios, go into bios and set it to the correct time.

lee87 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:19

Press F8 just before windows starts loading.

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:24

still no luck, still wont load Easytune which loads just after NOD.

eggcup · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:26

system restore???? :eek:

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:39

ive got a lot of data that i cant afford to loose, such as coursework and website designs. Could i install windows in my D drive, then remove the C drive so the D drive is the new C drive. Then place the old C drive into the machine again and remote Easy Tune ?

iceman911 · 17 Jun 2006 at 17:59

its working1!!!!!!!! I had to go into safe mode and restore to a point before damm easy tune. Thanks for the help guys. Lesson Learnt