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Won't boot up!
Name: SergeantFuzz Date: December 25, 2003 at 13:06:18 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2000 / 256MB DD
Comment:
I was messing with my BIOS and changed the CPU clock to 166. It said max was 166 but now my computer won't even reach the BIOS settings when it boots up...the light comes on and nothing happens! Can anyone help me? Can i fix it or am i gonna have to buy a new mobo and processor?
Name: timmay Date: December 25, 2003 at 13:18:37 Pacific
Reply:
try reseting ur cmos...there should be a jumper on the board
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Response Number 2
Name: SergeantFuzz Date: December 25, 2003 at 14:18:56 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you so much! Thank you for responding so quickly as well! This is my first post and i am so pleased i decided to!
Now that you're on a roll...as i said my processor is an XP 2000 but on bootup the text says its running at 1250. Do you know why this is?
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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox Date: December 25, 2003 at 15:06:42 Pacific
Reply:
Your 2000+ should run at 133Mhz x 12.5 and is now running at 100Mhz x 12.5. Just set your fsb to 133 and all should be well.
Happy Holidays,
Skip
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Response Number 4
Name: SergeantFuzz Date: December 26, 2003 at 04:34:23 Pacific
Reply:
I tried this and you can't change the settings on my BIOS so I did an update...now my computer won't boot up again! I cleared the CMOS again but that doesn't work. Can anyone help me?
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Response Number 5
Name: burning112 Date: December 26, 2003 at 15:38:08 Pacific
Reply:
you must have messed up your bios by installing the wrong update or not letting it finish or something really bad happened while on install. your best bet is trying finding an update to your bios at a different place and try again. if not you screwed without your bios.
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