Oh no!! HELP!!!

Oh crap! So I was messing around with my memory timings to get my comp more stable@ 213x11.5. I think I set the timings at 5, 2, 2, 2t. But i'm only 85% on thoes figures.

Anyway the system restarted after i saved it in the bios, then nothing. Nothing came on the screen and no "beep!" came from the computer. Now that had happened once before when I had set the multiplier too high and it didn't get past the loading screen before it restarted (worked just fine after i manuely restarted it). But after i tried it again , and again, and again. I begame to get worry. Eventually I feared that I fried my cpu. I opened the case, looked inside and everything looked ok. I took of my hsf and took out the cpu to look underneath it. It looked normal. I put everythin back together and turned it on again.

This time it went to the asus a7n8x loading screen (the first thing you see with my mobo) but withing 4-6 seconds of that (before the mobo screen disappeared) it turns off. Of course I tried again ang again to no avail.

Now here is where it get intersting. I turned it on, and before it could turn itself off I hit the restart button, the asus mobo screen disappeared, but the compueter was still running. Then at about the same time it did on the loading screen it turned off. So no matter what, it always turns off after 4-6 seconds after the mobo loading screen.

Well I am stumped on what this might be (not to mention scared as hell!). I suppose it could be the mobo turning itself off due to heat but after only 4-6 seconds? and what would the memory timings have to do with that?!?

Well any help is appreciated, I and really worried here as It is (or atleast was) a really great sysyem.

Oh, and here are my system specs:

Asus A7N8X DLX rev 2.0
Athlon xp [email protected] 11.5x213 1.825v
v11+ hs lapped and w/ asc
2x512mb kingnston DDR400 RAM pc3200
128mb geforce4 4800ti
thermaltake xaser 3 case
samsung 52x cd/cd-rw/dvd

I will be posting this in the asus motherboards forum too.

Thank you.

Reset the cmos. It will reseat to default settings in the bios.

ok, just how do I do that?

read your other thread...I explained a few things...including the CMOS

there should be a jumper thing right ny the battery obn your computer.....chasnge it from it's current 2 pins it's jumping to the middle one and the other pin thats not covered now....then switch it back.....after like 15 deconds.....also make sure the comuter is off.....or you could take out the battery while the computer is off...and wait and put it back in after 15 seconds....good luck

Well at least it's not turning off every time. Yes it did reset to default values in the bios and it tuned on fine. I changed it back from 100fbs to 200 (the default is 100( saved it, restartd it. It went BACK into bios froze and then turned off.

When I restarted it it said not proper cpu speed or something. So I kept the fbs at 100. restarted it and it actually got to windows.

Well anyway thanks glock19owner and everyoen for their help. I'm not out of the woods yet, but I see light at the end of the tunnel.

But noww....why did setting the memory timings at 5,2,2, 2t do this???

well your memory timings where to tight....kinda like having your fsb set to 300 it wont boot cause it is out of it's limits......it's very common....you will get used to resetting your bios....I suggest you take your battery when the computer is off and find the settings you like then turn it off reinsert the battery and put it to the settings you found