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Flanker
09-27-2005, 08:36 PM
This morning, I found my PC unclocked back to stock.

Now, at stock, my CPU is running at 53*C Idle and 61*C Load.

If was 37*C Idle and 53*C load before...

The last thing I've done is mod the 6600GT's BIOS so that I can read the 6600GT's temps.

And the last time I saw temps like these was when I had just gotten the Abit AV8 mobo and it had the original BIOS which reported INCORRECT temps. When I updated the BIOS to the latest version, the temps were correct to the 37/53 temps.
Ugly n Grey
09-27-2005, 08:37 PM
I deleted your other thread , pick a forum please
Flanker
09-27-2005, 08:38 PM
Aww. I JUST saw the PM. I posted this one thinking the other one had been deleted earlier because it was in the wrong forum or something.

I was about to delete this 2nd post after getting the pm.
Ugly n Grey
09-27-2005, 08:42 PM
lol, comedy of errors... anyhow...

That is a weird problem you have there, has your BIOS been corrupted? have you tried a reflash?
Flanker
09-27-2005, 08:48 PM
No, I haven't reflashed yet, but thats the first thing I plan on doing. Do windows-based programs get their temps from the BIOS because they're also reporting the same high temps.

The only thing I've done that MIGHT have prompted this is an update/unlock to the 6600GT's BIOS so that it would give the card's temps. It MIGHT have messed with the Mobo BIOS.
Ugly n Grey
09-27-2005, 09:02 PM
More likely it's just a corruption of the BIOS, it does happen, we've seen it around here on different mobos once in a while... reflash the BIOS and do a long CMOS clear....
Flanker
09-27-2005, 09:15 PM
Will do it tonight. I have to go somewhere right now though.

I've only had this PC for 3 weeks, could the BIOS have been corrupted in this much time? Or was it the overclocking that resulted in the corruption?
Ugly n Grey
09-27-2005, 09:33 PM
Probably the overclocking, or it restarted itself in "safe" fashion after a failed boot.
Flanker
09-27-2005, 10:20 PM
Hmm, yea, the first time I booted it up this morning, it did say something about the "safe" boot thing. I don't remember exactly though.

Right now, when I tried to update the BIOS it froze while updating. Could it have been because I'm installing a BIOS thats already there?
Flanker
09-28-2005, 01:49 PM
Should I try to reset the CMOS?
Flanker
09-28-2005, 04:22 PM
I reset the CMOS. Temps are back to normal. Thanks for your help.
Ugly n Grey
09-28-2005, 04:25 PM
I'm glad this worked out happily for you ....