I OC'd a Q9450 on this mobo and after a few days of everything going great, I installed some new software that required a reboot after the install. The OS (XP-64) died on shutdown. I powered off and now it always comes up at stock speed.
If I try to change any bios setting, it powers down before restarting and on restart the POST shows a CPUID Patch message. The machine boots fine but it is always at stock setting. If I then reboot, without any changes, there is no CPUID Patch message. If I go into the bios, it shows my required settings (these have not been overridden) but they are not used at boot time.
I was running FSB at 425 (from stock 333). Nothing works now, not even a modest bump like 350.
BIOS fried ? Should I try flashing it ?
Regards,
Craig.
If I try to change any bios setting, it powers down before restarting and on restart the POST shows a CPUID Patch message. The machine boots fine but it is always at stock setting. If I then reboot, without any changes, there is no CPUID Patch message. If I go into the bios, it shows my required settings (these have not been overridden) but they are not used at boot time.
I was running FSB at 425 (from stock 333). Nothing works now, not even a modest bump like 350.
BIOS fried ? Should I try flashing it ?
Regards,
Craig.