Sam I'm sure you've checked most of what I'm going to say but, maybe not.
Quote from Bolimomo:
No I think this is not the last resort. It should be the first in order to make sure you have a reference starting point.
I agree, this should be first to create a starting point.
Quote from Sam Morgan:
I changed the following (to what I can remember):
Time
Date
System performance (to performance)
Turbo mode (enabled)
Anti-surge
Did you "plug" your HDD into the turbo socket? I don't think that's necessary if your not into OCing same for the Anti-surge, this can come later. I'd connect to SATA 3.0 6gig socket #1 to start.
Quote from TIKITRADER:
How much memory do you have installed at this time ?
And, in what slots do you have it installed in? Some MB manufacturers use the DIMM slots closest to the CPU as the primary slots, others use the slots further away to compensate for the use of HUGE cpu coolers on MBs used mainly by OCers, Dual channel memory needs pairs in certain slots like A1&A2 or B1&B2. Read your manual carefully for the proper recommendations. I believe it takes more than one boot-up for the cpu to initialize the speed settings of the memory.
Lastly the video card/s, I'd start with only 1 card and install IT in the x16 (speed) slot. I believe you have (1) slot that runs @ x16 (1) @x8 and (1) @x4 speed.
I never try to predict market direction, but I believe if you made those three changes in your BIOS on the initial start-up, resetting your CMOS will probably allow you to get back to square one and straighten things out.
You weren't drinking when you did this were you :eek: ?
Quote from Sam Morgan:
I changed the following (to what I can remember):