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PilotTait

PilotTait

PilotTait

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Sometimes when I start my pc for the first time of the day I get the following on the boot screen:

"Warning! Now system is in safe mode.
Please reset CPU or Memory Frequency in CMOS setup"

Why am I being given this message? I haven't overclocked, however, I have changed the speeds to that they should be (the RAM installed at a lower speed, as did the CPU multiplier)

Any ideas? I can get round it by pressing F1 to continue but its quite annoying.
 
PilotTait said:
Sometimes when I start my pc for the first time of the day I get the following on the boot screen:

"Warning! Now system is in safe mode.
Please reset CPU or Memory Frequency in CMOS setup"

Why am I being given this message? I haven't overclocked, however, I have changed the speeds to that they should be (the RAM installed at a lower speed, as did the CPU multiplier)

Any ideas? I can get round it by pressing F1 to continue but its quite annoying.
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Perhaps the RAM doesn't have enough voltage. My ram was also underclocked due to a low voltage. As for the multiply, are you sure that your PC's power settings are right? Core 2 duo for example, have speed step that will alter the multiplier dynamically.
 
Ill increase the RAM voltage a bit, see how it works, Its still below the spec, i think i have my RAM voltage at 2.00 and its range is 1.9-2.3 or something.

As for the power settings, not sure about that, not sure how to check. I have a QX6700 and Iv set the multiplier to 10X so it runs at the spec speed of 2.67GHz
 
What PSU do you have?

This may be a known issue with your motherboard though...if its not the CMOS battery being flat I would suggest you take a look at your 3.3v, 5v and 12v rails in the BIOS or with hardware monitoring software such as SpeedFan or a utility that comes with your mobo. :)
 
Yeah one would assume so, unlikely to be faulty too as Corsair make very decent units, from what I've read on here.
 
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You said take a look at the 3.3v, 5v and 12v rails in the BIOS...
Thats the tool that comes with the motherboard... That give enough info?
 
That program doesn't appear to monitor those rails for some reason. I reckon with that PSU you could rule it out from being that though as its pretty unlikely.
 
Go into the bios and check and confirm the CPU and memory settings. Then save and exit.
If you've set things correctly the message will go away.
 
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