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please help me... I was tweaking on the bios because i'm ocing,... then suddenly, I tried lowering the vcore to 1.20 then the pc won't even boot to anything! even bios... when i try to go to bios,, it changes screen into a black with an underscore symbol blinking at the corner.. it won't change.. I don't know how to reset the cmos .. please help me! did i break any component inside the pc? will I still be able to fix this? i have a q6600 in a EVGA 650i a1 ultra.. please help me! urgent...

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Read your mobo manual to see where the cmos jumper is.

Or take the battery out 10 minutes.

After that dont mess with it til you read something and you know what your doing. It is not a toy.

Reply to roadrunner197069

but did i damage anything?

Reply to john_antonio

You probably didn't break anything. PC components are delicate but not THAT fragile.

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Reply to johnyeah

how would i know if i damaged anything?how bout the cpu?

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You won't really know if you've damaged anything unless it's obvious that a capacitor popped or the computer just won't turn on even after you reset the BIOS. After that the only way to know if you broke something is if your computer keeps giving you random errors.

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Reply to johnyeah

Bottom line: OC'ing is not hard, but make sure you know what you're doing.

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Reply to johnyeah

if i put on the bios update disk and try to reupdate, will that do the job?

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Just reset your bios for now. Read your manual and reset the jumper, that should do the job. Don't bother updating the bios.

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Reply to johnyeah

how do i reset the cmos jumper?

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i've read the manual. but I don't know how to do it..
it says

1. Turn off the AC power supply and connect pins 1 and 2 together using the
jumper cap.
2. Return the jumper setting to normal (pins 2 and
3. Together with the jumper cap).
4. Turn the AC power supply back on.

Reply to john_antonio

there are 3 pins.. and the jumper is connected to the 2 right pins..
do i need to switch it to the 2 left pins and power on?or switch it back to the 2 right pins and then power on?

Reply to john_antonio

Okay.

Take out the jumper and connect it to the 2 left pins. Leave it there for like a minute, then take it put it back on the 2 right pins. Voila, Bios is resetted.

Message edited by johnyeah on 09-24-2008 at 06:17:43 PM

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