got a problem - dead bios?

[Sage2050]

so i got my DFI NF4 ultra D board in the other day, installed it (AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0ghz),and everything worked perfectly. i ran it for a few days, then did some overclocking. i pushed my FSB to 205 and ran it for about 8 hours perfectly. then, out of curiousity, i pushed it up to 220 (mistake, i know), and when i tried to power on, it would POST, then reset and try again, over and over. i dropped my FSB back down to 205. this time, it got past the POST, but then my monitor went blank and stayed there before loading windows. next time i tried, it gave me the option to load windows in the last configuration that worked, but it did the same thing. is my bios corrupt?

[THunDA]

Have you tried clearing the cmos ?

 

You will get alot more help if you make a sig with your complete system specs.

[Sage2050]

thats what i was planning to do. this happened this morning before i went to school, so i'm gonna work on it when i get home in about an hour and a half. i'll get to work on that sig now.

[Sage2050]

sig done. i might have missed something though.

[THunDA]

Good.. and welcome to DFI-Street..

 

When you get home clear the cmos and see how it goes..

 

Remember..

 

Unplug the PSU..

 

Hit the power button a few times to discharge whatever power that might be lingering in the system..

 

Move the cmos jumper to clear.. And remove the cmos battery..

 

Wait a few minuites..

 

Put back the cmos battery.. and move the jumper to normal position..

 

Plug in the PSU..

 

Power up and goto bios ( If you can.. )

 

Load optimized defaults.. saveexit..

 

Go right back to bios and if it seems fine then set it up like you normally do..

 

[Sage2050]

thanks man. i'll try that and edit this post when i get home.

 

EDIT: I reset the cmos and it ran perfectly, as expected. the only weird thing is that it never showed signs of a corrupted bios. it would make it all the way through POST, but windows would never load.