HELP!! p5wd2 premium problems after OC...

so i cant seem to get my system up and running after a few OC tests... i was at around 290fsb and around 1.3875V when i tried to restart.. the fans turned on but i could not POST or get back into the bios.. no video no nothing!!

i tried to reset the CMOS following the manaul: power off and unplug, take battery out, and switch jumpers for 5-10sec and place back in normal setting, put battery back in and power up... this didnt work.

also i noticed that the activity lights were acting weird on the corsairs... only one would light up 4 leds, while the other one was lighting leds in odd places... after several seconds after restarting they would not light up anymore... i switched them out and did diff configs but that didnt help...

any ideas on whats going on??? thnx in advance!!!

p5wd2 premium
930 presler
corsair xms2 twin 512mb x 2
ocz powerstream 520w
seagate 500gb sata

any suggestions???

Suppose you will have to borrow some ram and put it in and see what happens. Then if nothing, try a different CPU, PSU, Mobo and so on until the culprit shows itself.

I wish I had all these spare parts laying around but I dont... i might have to RMA everything and start from scratch.

Try pulling things like your vid card out when you do the cmos reset ... and leave it all off for a few minutes.

I suspect it is your mobo ...

do you have a speaker attached to the fpio on the mobo ... it is required for diagnosing the mobo etc via beep codes. You can pull things out like mem, and should get a beep code saying no mem etc. There is a faq on beep codes i think on the asus site.

I you are uncomfortable figuring out the diagnosis steps yourself, ASUS tech support by phone is pretty good at diagnosing the basics. I have used them a couple of times in my early days of building and oc'ing, and they can get your mobo rma started if necessary. You will need a speaker for the diagnosis since there are no post code led readouts like there are on the abits mobos.

hey pscout, thnx for the advice... yeah i had speakers hooked up to the mobo but i didnt hear any beeps after pulling components from it... i guess it could be a dead board but just in case i RMA'd everything to newegg. I will let everyone know how it goes...

i will prob just wait for conroe to come out. still debating on either getting conroe or getting something else after prices drop....