I think my PC is dead...

[vK 3 1 RON]

So I overclocked the CPU a little too far with too little voltage I believe, and now when the PC starts it will only show the motherboard screen and crash, if I try to go into the BIOS it just doesn't load. Anyway to load with default CPU speeds? Because I don't want my PC to die...

[The Official Czex]

Remove CMOS battery, wait 5 minutes, drop it back in.

[App4that]

Pull the battery off the motherboard, wait (for a while), replace battery, try and boot. Hopefully profit.

[Imakuni]

So I overclocked the CPU a little too far with too little voltage I believe, and now when the PC starts it will only show the motherboard screen and crash, if I try to go into the BIOS it just doesn't load. Anyway to load with default CPU speeds? Because I don't want my PC to die...

Look at your mobo's manual on how to reset the BIOS. Do it, and pray that the problem is solved.

[AdamH96]

it's probably not dead, it just can't start with the voltage you put in. do what the people above had said.

[Guest]

how far did you go

*sigh*

cause i've gone up to 1.5 and still havent killed my CPU

I'm an idiot I know

[vK 3 1 RON]

Remove CMOS battery, wait 5 minutes, drop it back in.

 

Just to be clear, that CMOS battery is the silvery one that's flat, is it noT? And does it require force to pull out?

[kameshss]

Reset the BIOS using Jumper method or take out battery method.

[The Official Czex]

Just to be clear, that CMOS battery is the silvery one that's flat, is it noT?

 

It is. It looks like a watch battery.

[kameshss]

Just to be clear, that CMOS battery is the silvery one that's flat, is it noT? And does it require force to pull out?

Yeah.

 

It'll look like this.

 

But in your motherboard, the position may vary.

 

[Altecice]

Just to be clear, that CMOS battery is the silvery one that's flat, is it noT? And does it require force to pull out?

 

Make sure to remove all power as well as the battery for at least 5 mins, You have set a voltage that makes the CPU unstable on boot. Not a big deal and you havent killed anything.

[vK 3 1 RON]

Make sure to remove all power as well as the battery for at least 5 mins, You have set a voltage that makes the CPU unstable on boot. Not a big deal and you havent killed anything.

 

Thank you manufacturers for making stuff 'idiot-proof' 

[Yuniks]

So I overclocked the CPU a little too far with too little voltage I believe, and now when the PC starts it will only show the motherboard screen and crash, if I try to go into the BIOS it just doesn't load. Anyway to load with default CPU speeds? Because I don't want my PC to die...

As long as no sparks are flying, your PC is not dead. Like everyone else has said, remove the CMOS battery for about 5 minutes or use a metal screwdriver and touch it on the jumper pins and hold it there for about 15 seconds. I find that method easier.

 

P.S. You're not the only one who's done this before....

[vK 3 1 RON]

 

 

P.S. You're not the only one who's done this before....

 

Hahaha, fantastic.

[App4that]

Hahaha, fantastic.

If you haven't broken a few bios, you haven't lived.

[DunePilot]

Instead of pulling the battery see if there is a CMOS reset on the back of the IO or see if there are CMOS reset pins on the board. To reset,  power the system down and press the button, if you have no button and have to short the pins power the system down, and unplug the power supply cable from the wall, and short the two pins with a flathead screwdriver.