A few simple questions about ocing

[Guest]

What the hell is POSTing? people always say it posted.. and so forth but what is that?

And what happens when you [-peep-] with something and you go too far and then it doesn't start.. do u have to take out the bios chip? how do you get it back to the defaults?

Thnx

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[camieabz]

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This procedure is stored in the system ROM (BIOS). It conducts a self test of the mobo, discs, keyboard, memory etc. If it finds a fault, it will display an error message and stop. A cold boot (Starting with power button) will run all these tests. I think a warm boot (reset switch, ctrl-alt-del) doesn't run all of the tests. Error messages can be "no keyboard detected" etc.

For the second question:

It depends on what you've [peeped] with. Some systems require the CMOS to be cleared (usually a forgotten password), which means setting jumper (JP14 in some systems) to position 2. Other systems can be reset with a key on boot. Check your manual.

Remember to write down your settings, so you can revert to them later if necessary.

P.S. A lot of the posts in this forum refer to overclocking and <i>posting</i> is usually the first good sign of the hardware coping with the tweaks.

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