bios recovery failure

[rage]

hi all my first post..
im having a strange thing with a mobo..
it's a ASUS p5p800se with a celeron d 341+ 2.93Ghz
after setting up the system i started to raise the cpu speed but on the next boot the system reported"bios corrupted,recovery procedure started" you must insert the mobo driver cd then,and it started rewriting the bios.it's a handy feature called crashfree bios but on the following boot the message came back.after tryin via cd and floppy and clearin the CMOS it just kept coming back. i thougt that the mobo wasn't ok and got a new one at the store. but the new one did exactly the same!!! so back too the store and the guys there must start too hate me..
do you guys have any idea of what could cause this to happen??
could a power shortage during overclocked boot cause this?
the psu is acting weird sometimes
before i know whats the problem is i don't dare to oc it

greets rage

 

[trog100]

power supply i would say..

trog

 

[newmodder]

reset bios jumper

here should be a jumper on the mobo that will also reset the bios to oem

 

[rage]

here should be a jumper on the mobo that will also reset the bios to oem

no there is only the CMOS jumper i have checked it..
but is there no one who had the same thing before??
i realy need to be sure it's the psu you know..
the mobo shows that it is reading the file,than writing it but the writing seems to go to fast,like it isn't writing the whole file or something like that

but thanks for the sugestions so far

greets rage

 

[jaystein]

no there is only the CMOS jumper i have checked it..
but is there no one who had the same thing before??
i realy need to be sure it's the psu you know..
the mobo shows that it is reading the file,than writing it but the writing seems to go to fast,like it isn't writing the whole file or something like that

but thanks for the sugestions so far

greets rage

Try pulling the "one" cmos jumper for 3 seconds and the put it back, that should reset the bios. If it doesn't work get your money back.

 

[OneCool]

Unplug the PC
pull the motherboard battery
and set the CMOS jumper to CLEAR and let it set for 2 minutes

reset jumper,replace battery and connect power.

If that doesnt do it ..there may be other issues

 

[rage]

Unplug the PC
pull the motherboard battery
and set the CMOS jumper to CLEAR and let it set for 2 minutes

reset jumper,replace battery and connect power.

If that doesnt do it ..there may be other issues

no that doesn't work. my problem is how to prevent it from happenen to the third new mobo. it's like the bios itself died or something?!!?

 

[trog100]

sometimes the only way to check for faulty hardware is to swop each piece out for another one.. this is where the pros have the upper hand.. a shelf full of spare swop out bits..

u have now swopped out three times which does kinda suggest its bugger all to do with the motherboard..

the last time i had this problem.. wouldnt boot.. i said (after swopping nearly eveyrthing else out) its the motherboard.. the guy went out and bought another mobo.. it turned out it was the cpu dying.. he he he.. sometimes u can never be sure..

trog

 

[rage]

sometimes the only way to check for faulty hardware is to swop each piece out for another one.. this is where the pros have the upper hand.. a shelf full of spare swop out bits..

u have now swopped out three times which does kinda suggest its bugger all to do with the motherboard..

the last time i had this problem.. wouldnt boot.. i said (after swopping nearly eveyrthing else out) its the motherboard.. the guy went out and bought another mobo.. it turned out it was the cpu dying.. he he he.. sometimes u can never be sure..

trog

the cpu is brand new.sorry can't exchange the rest of my friends have 478 sockets,this is a 775.. but the problem only occurs when going to higher clocks.the rest of the stuff was used on the previous mobo so i don't think that one of those is causing it

 

[obl]

Could be a number of things, but seeing as how you already took the Mobo back for an exchange I would rule that out.
That pretty much leaves you with Bad CPU, Not enough CPU cooling, Bad Memory (as in not compatible with Mobo or overclocking) or a crapping out Power supply.

 

[trog100]

the last two machines i have put together have been a total pain.. one even had a faulty brand new floppy that caused the system to hang every time windows tried to reboot during its install.. even more annoying cos i had told the guy not to mess about and buy a new one..

my current machine just killed the power supply at its first atempt at booting.. a bigger one cured that problem.. the next problem was the machine just would not make windows.. crashed right at the beginning.. setting the bios to run the memory at half speed worked okay.. but it needed another make of memory to work properly at its corrrect speed..

of course the cure sounds easy but it very often takes hours to diagnose the problem.. and just cos a piece works okay in one system dosnt mean it will work in the one giving the problems..

trog

 

[rage]

the last two machines i have put together have been a total pain.. one even had a faulty brand new floppy that caused the system to hang every time windows tried to reboot during its install.. even more annoying cos i had told the guy not to mess about and buy a new one..

my current machine just killed the power supply at its first atempt at booting.. a bigger one cured that problem.. the next problem was the machine just would not make windows.. crashed right at the beginning.. setting the bios to run the memory at half speed worked okay.. but it needed another make of memory to work properly at its corrrect speed..

of course the cure sounds easy but it very often takes hours to diagnose the problem.. and just cos a piece works okay in one system dosnt mean it will work in the one giving the problems..

trog

lol same thing here:i set up this system for a friend who had asrock stuff en sayed that this was more releable and easier to oc and the first oc't boot it crashed.i will advise him a better psu then and if it doesn't work you won't see me back cause he is going to kill me then i think