I have run into a problem after attempting to over clock my pc. I am reasonably computer literate, but am at a complete loss in this situation, and am in great need of any advice I may be able to get from this forum. My hardware, as best as I can recall, consists of the following:

• The motherboard is a MS-6570running a phoenix award bios
• The cpu is an AMD Athlon which was originally running at 1.8 MHz. I’m sorry I cant be more specific here
• There are 2 sticks of 1 GB DDR (there is a serial number PC3200U-30331-Z if this is at all useful)
• The graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce, but that is as much as I know. I could dig out the manual if the specifics are needed.

I was attempting to increase the processor speed, 1.8 being pretty low now, and not wanting to get a new cpu due to being unsure as to exactly what it was I needed. I was also keen to learn a bit more about how computers operate and wanted to give overclocking a go, even if there wasn’t that much of a change in the overall performance of my computer.

The CPU FSB Clock in advanced chipset features was originally at 166. I began increasing this in steps of 4, wanting to be cautious, restarting the computer and letting it boot to windows each time, as well as keeping an eye on the cpu and system temperature in the Bios as I went along. The temperature of the CPU didn’t go above 45C. I had only done a few steps, up to 180ish when the computer would not restart. The fans turn on but there is no signal to the screen. I have attempted to reset the bios using instructions on this site, using the clear cmos jumper and removing the battery for 5 minuets, neither of which had any effect. I wondered whether my graphics card could have been damaged.

Any advice would be brilliant,

Will

Hello William and welcome to PCHF.

Try resetting the BIOS again using the jumpers and also remove the battery but this time in addition to those steps also unplug the power cord from the PSU at the back of the computer.

Give it a few minutes and put everything back then try again.

There's always the chance of damaging components when overclocking so hopefully that isn't the case.

I did unplug it and pushed the power button on the front to get rid of any residuall power. I will give it another go tomoro and let you know if i have any luck.

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I know what you mean because i have the same problem and it was from overclocking as well, Its either the Psu, motherboard or cpu is dead depending on some benchmarking.

Take all the ram out, reset pc if the motherboard detects error it will "beep" motherboard isn't dead and cpu might not be dead either, something wrong with the psu.

Otherwise if no "beep" motherboard cpu is dead or both

These are just my suggestions don't quote me on them