Is the board dead?

[cameo62]

Hey there, look, I'm a little new to this so I don't know every single detail yet.

I have an ASUS P5B-PLUS board fitted with an E6300 C2D CPU. I had the system running with the CPU at 2.6GHz for quite a while.

Now my problem is this - I can't remember what I did, but all it tells me is a little message( before I can even go into the BIOS ) saying that there has been an overclocking failure now..

The board displays the picture on the monitor by using my GPU, but what I don't understand is why is just stays there.. The happenings in order - Switch on( fans go on, board LED goes on and then splash appears ) - I don't think it's the board.

Could I have overvolted my CPU then? Is it dead?

Please help!!

 

[alexoiu]

Have you tried clearing the CMOS (unplug th epower cord and remove the CMOS battery for a minute)?

 

[cameo62]

I left the battery out for a day!! I also alternated the DIMMs to see if it could be those but to no avail.. I really don't know what's wrong!!

 

[alexoiu]

I'd say it's a BIOS issue, but I might be wrong.
Try removing the power cord and pressing the power button for about 30 seconds.
Test the board with single RAM stick, graphics card, dvd drive, keyboard and mouse.

 

[smorizio]

have you tried changing the cmos battery to rule out a dead battery or weak...ie date and time failure??

 

[cameo62]

I've done all of that, all it tells me is, "overclocking failure"