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- Sep 16, 2004
No post after memory overclock (help needed desperately)
Well, chalk up another making a fool of myself to computational hubris.
Using the rig in my signature, I changed the timings on the memory from 2.5-3-3-7 to 2-2-2-6 (I changed the vdimm from 2.6 to 2.8v, but I think this is of little consequence as I have set it to this before and with 100% stability). I knew it wasn't working because my board displayed the RAID array search (which it always does when it doesn't like a setting) it says something along the lines of:
"nVidia RAID controller
Searching for Raid Array..."
So I try to restart the comp to get into the BIOS, however, I miss the opportunity to get into the BIOS thanks to an itch on my back, it gets to the same screen and gives me "nVidia RAID controller", except it locks up and does not display the searching part. I try to restart the computer, it starts but the monitor acts as if the computer is off. I reset the CMOS, no response, I reset the CMOS again, CMOS checksum error, some hope. I figured I made an error in the procedure as I did before. I repeated it upwards of 5 times and kept receiving checksum errors, I'm 99.9% sure that I have the procedure down after resetting it about 3 times thus far. Just resetting the jumper works, which I did, when this didn't work I removed the battery, waited a while, reset the jumper, and put the battery back in, didn't work, did this again and I'm still getting the checksum error.
As an added caveat, I recently had a similar crisis with the CPU, I promised my father (who funded the computer ) that I would leave well enough alone. I'm sure I'd look horrible, and would probably p*ss him off if he found out about this problem before I have a viable solution. I'd like to get this fixed painlessly and quick (for free and without having to replace anything), however I fear this is impossible.
Two questions:
Is this a permanent/physical problem?
How can I fix it?
Well, chalk up another making a fool of myself to computational hubris.
Using the rig in my signature, I changed the timings on the memory from 2.5-3-3-7 to 2-2-2-6 (I changed the vdimm from 2.6 to 2.8v, but I think this is of little consequence as I have set it to this before and with 100% stability). I knew it wasn't working because my board displayed the RAID array search (which it always does when it doesn't like a setting) it says something along the lines of:
"nVidia RAID controller
Searching for Raid Array..."
So I try to restart the comp to get into the BIOS, however, I miss the opportunity to get into the BIOS thanks to an itch on my back, it gets to the same screen and gives me "nVidia RAID controller", except it locks up and does not display the searching part. I try to restart the computer, it starts but the monitor acts as if the computer is off. I reset the CMOS, no response, I reset the CMOS again, CMOS checksum error, some hope. I figured I made an error in the procedure as I did before. I repeated it upwards of 5 times and kept receiving checksum errors, I'm 99.9% sure that I have the procedure down after resetting it about 3 times thus far. Just resetting the jumper works, which I did, when this didn't work I removed the battery, waited a while, reset the jumper, and put the battery back in, didn't work, did this again and I'm still getting the checksum error.
As an added caveat, I recently had a similar crisis with the CPU, I promised my father (who funded the computer ) that I would leave well enough alone. I'm sure I'd look horrible, and would probably p*ss him off if he found out about this problem before I have a viable solution. I'd like to get this fixed painlessly and quick (for free and without having to replace anything), however I fear this is impossible.
Two questions:
Is this a permanent/physical problem?
How can I fix it?
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