Can the BIOS lock up if memory can't handle high fsb?

[Rob94hawk]

Ok, the good news: I can finally cold boot as high as 260 with this memory thanks to the F7 BIOS.
Bad news: I get lockups in the BIOS if I'm at 250 or higher at times. Even if I power down and reboot it hangs and pressing del doesn't help. The only thing that resets the defaults in the BIOS is if I pull out one of the mem modules, reboot, put it back in and reboot again. So much for the K8NSNXP-939's dual BIOS. :rolleyes:

Is this a common thing? I thought if the memory settings were unstable it would auto reboot back to defaults, not hang.

Should I pick up some of this G.Skill mem?http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-231-006&depa=0

[DevilsRejection]

here a tip, turn the switch on your PSU to off, then hit the power button, you system will turn on for a nanosecond, after it does this then push and hold the power button for like 3 seconds.

any power that was in the capacitators is now gone. now power on your psu and power on your system, this should help.

[ozzimark]

try hitting the insert key right after you turn on the computer. on my k8n neo, it sets the ram to 166mhz

[Rob94hawk]

here a tip, turn the switch on your PSU to off, then hit the power button, you system will turn on for a nanosecond, after it does this then push and hold the power button for like 3 seconds.

any power that was in the capacitators is now gone. now power on your psu and power on your system, this should help.

Nope. Tried that.

[Rob94hawk]

try hitting the insert key right after you turn on the computer. on my k8n neo, it sets the ram to 166mhz

I'll have to try this next time, thanx.

[STEvil]

hold insert while powering on.. make sure to have it held before pressing power button.

[Rob94hawk]

So does this mean the ram is pissing off the BIOS? Only because initially I thought the flashed BIOS was corrupt so I reflashed it again. Also I was getting random white artifacts while booting.

[enzoR]

yea... ram is unstable.