***Admin could you please delete my 2 previous threads in general hardware because I have been giving the wrong information - my apologies***
SO basically my computer is screwed up and i believe the route of the problem is the motherboard having had problems in the past with it. I tried to overclock it (bare in mind I had comfortably hit 3.6ghz on this rig in the past) because I recently formatted and since have only been able to boot up if I clear the cmos. Now it will turn on 1/20 times from pressing the power button after clearing the cmos.
I have since bought and new battery which made no difference what so ever.
My plan was to flash the bios/cmos but when I make the changes in bios for boot priority to boot from USB in order to get my p.c to turn on again I have to clear the cmos thus changing the order of boot devices. This in turn means I have no clue what to do.
Am i missing anything obvious?
My other plan is to get a new motherboard, however I cannot format my hardrive because I cannot boot from DVD - again very annoying.
Please help me. I have googled everything regarding cmos/flashing/bios and nothing has worked.
My set up is an Abit IP35 Pro motherboard, GelL ultra low latency ram (4 x 1GB) and an intel Q6600.
It has to be the motherboard because my computer is working now but its very annoying having to spend 20 minutes trying to turn it on. I also want to clock this rude boy again
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I had problems in the past because I forgot to use the studs on the motherboard when installing it into a new case - stupid I know but i was tired. I somehow got it working.
Thank you
SO basically my computer is screwed up and i believe the route of the problem is the motherboard having had problems in the past with it. I tried to overclock it (bare in mind I had comfortably hit 3.6ghz on this rig in the past) because I recently formatted and since have only been able to boot up if I clear the cmos. Now it will turn on 1/20 times from pressing the power button after clearing the cmos.
I have since bought and new battery which made no difference what so ever.
My plan was to flash the bios/cmos but when I make the changes in bios for boot priority to boot from USB in order to get my p.c to turn on again I have to clear the cmos thus changing the order of boot devices. This in turn means I have no clue what to do.
Am i missing anything obvious?
My other plan is to get a new motherboard, however I cannot format my hardrive because I cannot boot from DVD - again very annoying.
Please help me. I have googled everything regarding cmos/flashing/bios and nothing has worked.
My set up is an Abit IP35 Pro motherboard, GelL ultra low latency ram (4 x 1GB) and an intel Q6600.
It has to be the motherboard because my computer is working now but its very annoying having to spend 20 minutes trying to turn it on. I also want to clock this rude boy again
.I had problems in the past because I forgot to use the studs on the motherboard when installing it into a new case - stupid I know but i was tired. I somehow got it working.
Thank you