Building help

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:20

Ok guys, got the new build on, don't have the gpu or Hdd in yet but got my ssd in. I wanna get into the bios but all that comes up is 'reboot and select proper boot drive or insert boot media in selected boot device And press a key'. How do get into the bios?

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:31

Which ever key I press it says the same

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:53

Ah thanks I'm in. I've got an i5 3570k running at 3780.15 MHz, is that normal? Also my ram is running at 1330 ghz is that also normal?

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:01

Ive sorted the ram out, thanks.
Turned turbo of but now it's gone up to 3800

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:14

That's the point! I don't want to Overclock! It took me about 3 hours to build this thing and it's decided to overlock it's self! This is my first build so I have idea what to do

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:21

Turned the turbo off, got it down to 3.400 MHz at 30degrees centigrade

GeorgeM123 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:26

Fixed it! set clock to 3.2ghz, it's now at 28c. Anything else I should do in the bios?

GeorgeM123 · 16 Oct 2012 at 18:51

Changed to ACHI and now my system is asking for a system restore as some files have been corrupted...suggestions?

GeorgeM123 · 16 Oct 2012 at 18:52

Defy Belief said:
What a waste of a cpu, use it to it's potential.

I will. Just need to get it working first

GeorgeM123 · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:01

stulid said:
Did you install windows with the SATA controller set to IDE?

Yes

GeorgeM123 · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:07

Jheez gonna take ages. How can I wipe my hard drive and start again then? And no, it was set to IDE, it wasn't picking up my hdd so I went it bios and seen in IDE

GeorgeM123 · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:27

Tried running the disk, didn't work. The system won't let me repair it. Is there a way I can do it through the bios as that's all I can get on