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Unable to post after raising and then lowering memory voltage

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Hello, thank you for taking to the time to look at this thread and helping me out.

Basically what happened as the title implies is that I raised the voltage of my ram and additionally changed it to 1066 mhz from 800 mhz, afterwards it wasn't terribly stable when playing games. I then decided to revert the settings to what they were before, after doing this, I was unable to get it to post. I tried the ram, and video card in another computer and both work fine in the other pc. Additionally I placed a pin on the reset cmos pin for 25 minutes and removed the battery for that much time as well to and that didn't help either. I'm wondering if I accidentally "bricked" the motherboard as it is called, anyway thank you for any reply.

Here are the pc's specs:

LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136152

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129042

ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121291

Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Retail
and
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.201928

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HDZ940XCGIBOX - Retail
and
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.201928

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Also I tried booting with just 1 stick in slot 1, and different ram and a different video card in there and it still won't post.

Reply to armistices

try resetinjg bios to

Optimised defaults


or simply clearing it by shorting the appropriate jumper pins OR by removing the battery


If that doesnt work , most likely you have friend the ram

Reply to Outlander_04

Outlander_04 wrote :

try resetinjg bios to

Optimised defaults


or simply clearing it by shorting the appropriate jumper pins OR by removing the battery


If that doesnt work , most likely you have friend the ram




I can't get to Bios, also I already tried resetting the cmos by shorting the pin and removing the battery, also I tried the ram on another computer and it worked fine.

Reply to armistices

Thank you for the effort though. (Meant to add that at the end of the last post.)

Reply to armistices

In retrospect this is more or a general hardware issue, I'll try posting a thread there.

Reply to armistices

armistices wrote :

Thank you for the effort though. (Meant to add that at the end of the last post.)




Sorry i should have read your first post more thoroughly .


I think its unlikely that you have damaged the mb by raising voltage a little to the ram .


I would check all the power connectors , and then try one ram stick at a time as suggested above

Reply to Outlander_04

Thanks Outlander, its really nice of you to help me man, I sure appreciate it. :D

Anyway, that was a good idea to check if all the power connectors were on right, I tried that and additionally tried two different types of ram with one stick out of 4 at a time. Unfortunately that didn't do it either, hmm.

Reply to armistices

Alright well I'm off to go watch a local baseball game, if anybody thinks of anything I sure would appreciate the input. If not, I'll try to RMA the mobo tomorrow, thanks for any help.

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