HELP - Overclocked FSB and now system wont POST
In some need of serious assistance but I am not sure there is anything that can be done. Any and all suggestions are welcome!
Issue:
I tried overclocking my front side bus from 166MHz to 200MHz. I did this by going into the bios and changing the CPU External Frequency from 166 to 200. Immediately after doing so, I tried to boot into Windows but my monitor would not accept the agp signal from my video card (Radeon 9800 Pro). I also tried my old Radeon 8500 but it did not work either.
So, now I need to get back into the bios to change the setting back to 166MHz but I cannot access the bios to do so.
Another strange thing is that my hard drive light constantly stays on so I guess it is spinning but not working properly?
I am thinking that maybe adding a PCI video card in my machine might at least get me into the bios? Unfortunately, I do not have one to try...
Finally, I tried pulling out 1 stick and then the other stick of my Corsair PC2700 DDR but that did not help. Could it be a memory problem now as well that the FSB has changed?
So, that is where I am at. I thought worse case scenario would be the machine not be stable or not booting but I never dreamed I could not get back into the bios to undo what I have done...
Am I hosed?
In some need of serious assistance but I am not sure there is anything that can be done. Any and all suggestions are welcome!
Issue:
I tried overclocking my front side bus from 166MHz to 200MHz. I did this by going into the bios and changing the CPU External Frequency from 166 to 200. Immediately after doing so, I tried to boot into Windows but my monitor would not accept the agp signal from my video card (Radeon 9800 Pro). I also tried my old Radeon 8500 but it did not work either.
So, now I need to get back into the bios to change the setting back to 166MHz but I cannot access the bios to do so.
Another strange thing is that my hard drive light constantly stays on so I guess it is spinning but not working properly?
I am thinking that maybe adding a PCI video card in my machine might at least get me into the bios? Unfortunately, I do not have one to try...
Finally, I tried pulling out 1 stick and then the other stick of my Corsair PC2700 DDR but that did not help. Could it be a memory problem now as well that the FSB has changed?
So, that is where I am at. I thought worse case scenario would be the machine not be stable or not booting but I never dreamed I could not get back into the bios to undo what I have done...
Am I hosed?