Motherboard fried?

[Shiloh]

I moved my computer last night to a new location, then when I rebooted this is what I saw on my screen. No matter how many times I reboot this is what I get.


A7388AMS V1.7 061208
AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core processor
Memory Frequency for DDR2 = 800 MHz (Unganged mode, 64-bit)

1 AMD North Bridge, Rev B2

Warning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed, and the system is restored to the defaults setting. Press any key except "DEL" to enter SETUP...

Press DEL key to enter Setup Menu, F11 to enter Boot Menu


Plus no power to the keyboard (I did try another keyboard and a variety of USB slots). Is my motherboard fried or could it be something else? Here are my specs.

COMPUTER
- MSI M/B K9A2CF-F AMD 790X
- AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.2 GHz
- 4GB RAM
- Seagate Barracuda 250GB Sata HD (7200 rpm)
- DVDRW/CDRW drive
- Corsair 650TX 650W ATX12V
- ATI MSI Radeon 5770 HD video card
- Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
- Dell 22" monitor (max res 1680 x 1050)

[PoleCat]

If you can see that message then the motherboard isn't totally fried but it could still be damaged. Have you overclocked the system? Have you tried entering the BIOS to see what the system clock speed is set at?

[Shiloh]

I wouldn't know how to do that offhand. Could I do that without being able to use the keyboard?

[SonOfCrusader76]

That's why I don't touch overclocking.

[PoleCat]

I wouldn't know how to do that offhand. Could I do that without being able to use the keyboard?

Oops. Sorry - I missed the keyboard part. No, you'll need a functional keyboard to get into the BIOS. For you it's the "Del" key.

Do what Ishan suggested - pull the CMOS battery and then put it back in. If you still don't have power to the keyboard and get that error message then something else is damaged. I'm thinking PSU off hand at the moment. Good luck!

[mrcrusty]

Your motherboard did not fry.

You either have an overclock that couldn't get past BIOS or a power surge messed up your computer.

Switch off your computer.

Switch off the power supply.

Unplug it.

Remove the CMOS battery and wait for 15 minutes.

Put the CMOS batter back and plug everything back in.

BIOS should reset and you should be okay.



CMOS battery is the shiny disc shaped battery near the bottom right corner of the motherboard.

If it is a result of OC'ing though... inputting big numbers and hoping it will stick is a stupid way to go about it. OC'ing is an incremental step by step process. You start from the beginning and move up, not start at the top. Also, no OC profile should be saved unless it's been stress tested first. For that matter, the lack of heatsinks on the VRMs indicates that the motherboard isn't a heavy OC'er.

[Ishan]

I moved my computer last night to a new location, then when I rebooted this is what I saw on my screen. No matter how many times I reboot this is what I get.


A7388AMS V1.7 061208
AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core processor
Memory Frequency for DDR2 = 800 MHz (Unganged mode, 64-bit)

1 AMD North Bridge, Rev B2

Warning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed, and the system is restored to the defaults setting. Press any key except "DEL" to enter SETUP...

Press DEL key to enter Setup Menu, F11 to enter Boot Menu


Plus no power to the keyboard (I did try another keyboard and a variety of USB slots). Is my motherboard fried or could it be something else? Here are my specs.

COMPUTER
- MSI M/B K9A2CF-F AMD 790X
- AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.2 GHz
- 4GB RAM
- Seagate Barracuda 250GB Sata HD (7200 rpm)
- DVDRW/CDRW drive
- Corsair 650TX 650W ATX12V
- ATI MSI Radeon 5770 HD video card
- Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
- Dell 22" monitor (max res 1680 x 1050)

It's not fried i got that similar error like 20 times till i got my OC profile right. It's just a general message to notify the user the saved changes are not acceptable & default settings are still in use.

It's fried when the OC profile was saved and you ran the PC and after sometime it crashes and when you start it this message pops up although i doubt a fried motherboard can start again if that's the case.

Just pull out your CMOS battery it will clear the BIOS and run the PC again.

[Ishan]

For Stress testing that is checking the PC's stableness Prime 95 is a good program.

[Shiloh]

Removing/reinserting the OCM battery did the trick. I purchased this computer almost a year ago and have since replaced the PSU and video card. I did not OC the video card. If you can in fact OC something else in the computer I'm not sure, but if it was done it was before I purchased. I'm still a newb with gaming computers so I wouldn't try OCing myself unless I knew what I was doing.

You guys are the best...thanks again.

[Ishan]

Glad it's working for you bro.

Removing/reinserting the OCM battery did the trick. I purchased this computer almost a year ago and have since replaced the PSU and video card. I did not OC the video card. If you can in fact OC something else in the computer I'm not sure, but if it was done it was before I purchased. I'm still a newb with gaming computers so I wouldn't try OCing myself unless I knew what I was doing.

You can OC CPU, RAM(Even Downclock) & G.Card.

For OCing Video Card you can use MSI Afterburner it's good software but rather OCing it people simply use it to lower the GPU temp by setting the GPU fan speed to say like 90-100%.

Generally when Ocing Video Cards and CPU one should do it in small amounts and browsing the web helps significantly basically every famous OC capable motherboard has a OC manual that one can find on web.

@mrcrusty
I'll try the IBT sounds better thanks bro, +rep.

[mrcrusty]

For Stress testing that is checking the PC's stableness Prime 95 is a good program.

Prime95 is good, but personally, I use Intel Burn Test.

Stresses the CPU more than Prime95 and it's quicker too. Prime95 literally takes hours and hours to confirm stability. With high, limit reaching overclocks, people demand anywhere from 4-12 hours of Prime95 to determine stability.

50 runs of IBT @ Very High takes 30-40 minutes and determines stability just as well.

Removing/reinserting the OCM battery did the trick. I purchased this computer almost a year ago and have since replaced the PSU and video card. I did not OC the video card. If you can in fact OC something else in the computer I'm not sure, but if it was done it was before I purchased. I'm still a newb with gaming computers so I wouldn't try OCing myself unless I knew what I was doing.

You guys are the best...thanks again.

Good to know, glad things worked out for you.

It probably was a power surge then. Maybe during the night, when you were sleeping.