Clear the cmos, remove the battery for a few minutes, then put it back and try again.
Think i may have fried it...
I think i may have burned up my CPU.
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It's just the little e4300 in the sig, so i don't really care. I am just wanting to ask a couple questions for confirmation. So here goes...
1. Will the computer still load up the bios, and actually try to boot with a dead CPU? It will let me get into the bios and screw around, but it will never actually boot. The computer will POST. I even inserted my copy of windows vista 64bit to try and reformat and it says that an error has occured, please insert system disc and restart the computer. This creates a big loop cause if you restart, you get the same error. If i just let it boot normally, it says "Windows failed to start, this could be due to a recent hardware change." Then i hit "start windows normally" and that screen goes away. After that, the screen stays lit, but goes black and will stay that way until i turn off the computer. So it kinda feels like anytime you go to do anything where a CPU is needed, it fails. Any thoughts on this?
2. Did i overvolt it? I messed up and left my voltage settings on auto, and when i finally checked them it had set the "CPU core voltage" to 1.45 and the "FSB voltage" to 1.40. Now again i am a noob at this so i am afraid i do not know how much is too much voltage for an e4300. I had been messing with the clocks trying to get better 3dmark scores and had recently clocked it up to 3.4Ghz. Keep in mind this chip comes set at 1.8Ghz lol.
1. Will the computer still load up the bios, and actually try to boot with a dead CPU? It will let me get into the bios and screw around, but it will never actually boot. The computer will POST. I even inserted my copy of windows vista 64bit to try and reformat and it says that an error has occured, please insert system disc and restart the computer. This creates a big loop cause if you restart, you get the same error. If i just let it boot normally, it says "Windows failed to start, this could be due to a recent hardware change." Then i hit "start windows normally" and that screen goes away. After that, the screen stays lit, but goes black and will stay that way until i turn off the computer. So it kinda feels like anytime you go to do anything where a CPU is needed, it fails. Any thoughts on this?
2. Did i overvolt it? I messed up and left my voltage settings on auto, and when i finally checked them it had set the "CPU core voltage" to 1.45 and the "FSB voltage" to 1.40. Now again i am a noob at this so i am afraid i do not know how much is too much voltage for an e4300. I had been messing with the clocks trying to get better 3dmark scores and had recently clocked it up to 3.4Ghz. Keep in mind this chip comes set at 1.8Ghz lol.
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Thanks a million guys, it appears i did not burn up the chip. I hit the "reset" button on the motherboard, but that didnt help so i remembered reading about the cmos button that clears the board's/bios's little RAM and totally restores defaults and that worked.
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Now about that voltage...
1. How much would you say is the max safe limit for an e4300? If you were doing it and you did not want it to fail, what's the highest you would set the CPU core voltage to, as well as the "FSB voltage"?
2. If i want to see how high i can go on stock voltage, do i simply lower the overclock a little bit when the system becomes unstable/crashes? Also, if on stock voltage (or voltage that is not to high) are these crashes damaging to the system in some way? In short, can i test/benchmark safely?
Now about that voltage...
1. How much would you say is the max safe limit for an e4300? If you were doing it and you did not want it to fail, what's the highest you would set the CPU core voltage to, as well as the "FSB voltage"?
2. If i want to see how high i can go on stock voltage, do i simply lower the overclock a little bit when the system becomes unstable/crashes? Also, if on stock voltage (or voltage that is not to high) are these crashes damaging to the system in some way? In short, can i test/benchmark safely?
I know your "burnt chip" problem has been solved, but I just thought I'd mention something about that though. When a CPU gets degraded or starts becoming "burnt up" the CPU can still work sometimes, but it will "act up" in different ways. From what I here, the CPU either may or may not boot. Sometimes the degradation will just make the CPU not be able to overclock anymore. Degradation may cause it to need more volts to run stock speeds than it did before.
It will either act like I stated above or it will all together just stop working.
But you didn't burn the chip, so no worrys
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Just thought you might want some info.
It will either act like I stated above or it will all together just stop working.
But you didn't burn the chip, so no worrys
Yes thanks for that info. That was actually going to be my next question
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The CPU crashing because of too little voltage will in no way (that i know of) harm any part of your PC.
And you are exactly right on how to see how fast you can go on stock voltage. Just enter in the stock CPU voltage and then raise the FSB until it becomes unstable then back down the FSB a little until it becomes stable. Good luck
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Originally Posted by Bennylava .....2. If i want to see how high i can go on stock voltage, do i simply lower the overclock a little bit when the system becomes unstable/crashes? Also, if on stock voltage (or voltage that is not to high) are these crashes damaging to the system in some way? In short, can i test/benchmark safely? |
And you are exactly right on how to see how fast you can go on stock voltage. Just enter in the stock CPU voltage and then raise the FSB until it becomes unstable then back down the FSB a little until it becomes stable. Good luck
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Have a look here mate
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It says your max V for your chip is 1.5v
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http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL9TB
Originally Posted by Bennylava Thanks a million guys, it appears i did not burn up the chip. I hit the "reset" button on the motherboard, but that didnt help so i remembered reading about the cmos button that clears the board's/bios's little RAM and totally restores defaults and that worked.
Now about that voltage... 1. How much would you say is the max safe limit for an e4300? If you were doing it and you did not want it to fail, what's the highest you would set the CPU core voltage to, as well as the "FSB voltage"? 2. If i want to see how high i can go on stock voltage, do i simply lower the overclock a little bit when the system becomes unstable/crashes? Also, if on stock voltage (or voltage that is not to high) are these crashes damaging to the system in some way? In short, can i test/benchmark safely? |
It says your max V for your chip is 1.5v
http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL9TB
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