help!!!!! please respond all overclockers

[audioarocks]

as i was overclocking my old 450mhz computer it had 3 options 100fsb, 112fsb, 133fsb, the first 2 worked but the last one made it start to boot do the memory test then freezes up i press del to enter system bios but can't, my cpu didn't fry i monitered my system temp but it won't boot it starts to deos the memory test then like i said freezes, what do i do? please help i know someone out the knows what to do please help!!!

[pik4chu]

clear cmos, look on the board for jumpers. look in board manual for info on doing it, should be fine unless something got fried (but I doubt it)

[audioarocks]

how do you do that and what if you don't have a mobo manual

[FunkDaMonkMan]

look on your board for pins that say something like "CMOS CLEAR"... or something along the lines of BATTERY. Mine says "JBAT1". You just move the jumper from pins 1-2 to 2-3 for about 10 seconds, then put it back. It clears all info in the bios (your o/c settings).

Try a google search for your mobo, you can probably find an online manual if you can't find the jumpers on the board.

[audioarocks]

i don't know what make or model my board is how do you find out?

[KaHNZa]

The jumper to reset the CMOS is usually near the battery.

[audioarocks]

also how do i know what my default bios settings should say do i just select all of them to be default

[mdcomp]

Originally posted by audioarocks
also how do i know what my default bios settings should say do i just select all of them to be default

In the BIOS it should say something like "Load Fail Safe Defaults" and/or "Load Optimized Defaults". As KaHNza said the jumper you are looking for is usually near the battery, if that dosen't help you and you still can't find it look for numbers or letters on the board, they should be pretty big, a lot bigger than the little numbers all over the place. Try the numbers/letters in google, also look for a brand name that might help us to narrow down which board you have. Its tough with those older motherboards sometimes to find out settings, but they should be around. If you gave us the board name and brand that would help a lot. Good Luck!

Matt

[audioarocks]

it is a vb-601 please help me find an online manual and please help

[mdcomp]

Should be everything you need right here...if you need help deciphering any of it let me know I would be glad to help. Best of Luck to you!!

http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard/document.aspx?model_id=16

Matt

[n17ikh]

Or you could just take the battery out for a second or two. It will be pretty much the same as clearing the CMOS. Oh, and don't forget to unplug the PC and press the power button for a couple seconds to drain the power first, otherwise you'll accomplish nothing because it will still have enough power to maintain the CMOS, as some motherboards will do. Better drain the power first just to be sure. :)

[audioarocks]

are you sure that is safe

[Diggrr]

Yes, it's safe.
The battery is only there to maintain the bios settings. That's all it does.
Pulling the battery for a few seconds accomplishes the same thing as a "clear cmos" jumper. One way, the battery is connected to the bios chip, set the other way, any residual power is drained to ground.

The power supply should be off and unplugged while doing this. Cycle the power button once you've turned it off, and any power stored in the capacitors will be drained of energy too.
Then it's perfectly safe.

[audioarocks]

ok well the one reponse told me where to find my manual (thanks alot) so i did what it said, now can i change my cmos settings to get a faster speed? this is the manual http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard/document.aspx?model_id=16
can i get a high speed with a stock fan and how do i achive it? also i'll tell you if my computer is up and running soon!!!

[audioarocks]

i started it up after swithing the cmos switches, and it was starting at 600mhz but it froze, but it also got to almost booting windows so i restarted and went into bios( yippe it worked :) and changed my fsb to 112/44mhz and it started at 504mhz it used to be 450 can i get it too 600 with all stock stuff? please read my manual with the other hyperlink above and please tell me!!! :)

[audioarocks]

sorry i change my fsb to 112/38mhz from 133/44mhz

[audioarocks]

also i tried to update windows with a new computer xp version not an upgradable, so now i have to choose if i wish to enter setup or use windows me, and my motherboard has 384 mb of ram but it only reads 256 my motherboard manual says it can take up to 1gb what do i do