Except, how can I get to the BIOS if my board doesn't boot up? I don't
even get to the point where I can actually get into the BIOS. So there's
no way I can make changes, there's no way I can do a flash upgrade. The
board is basically dead in the water.
And while I will not discount the possibility of overclocking causing this
problem, I doubt that's the case. I've seen that alot of people have this
board overclocked much higher than I had it OC'd.
Finally, as soon as I re-seated my RAM, the C1 code went away and was
replaced with the FF that had been displaying previously.
thnx,
Christoph
My apologies if these things have already been covered:
Have you disconnected AC to power supply and cleared CMOS? Have you also
tried removing battery for 10 min., AC still disconnected?
Is the EEPROM (BIOS chip) removable, that is, socketed?
Is there any manual way to downclock the system (jumpers)?
Might you be able to obtain some slower CPU, install it to (potentially)
cause lower speed and/or use less power?
It's entirely possible, running a system 24/7 at a fair load for a year,
to simply wear out the capacitors. The little-known truth is that their
lifespan is spec'd in days, not years. I'm often met with disbelief when
I predict that modern system boards won't last as long as the old 486
boards did, not even counting the so-called "defective" capacitor problems
but just regular wear when components aren't over-speced enough beyond
what's merely needed for immediate stability of the system. I could be
way off base though, anything might've happened completely unrelated to
capacitors.
