OCGuru Hosed My KV8-Pro

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SpangeMonkee

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I posted this on the Abit forums last night. --->>>


I have a KV8-Pro with 1GB 2x512) of Corsair Value pc3200. A64 3000+ (venice). 9800 Pro AGP 128. Antec SP-500 (500 watt) PSU. I've had ZERO problems with this config for the last year. It has sayed on almost the whole time. Only down times was when my UPS failed. Very solid build. Until..

I went to get the latest and greatest drivers for my mobo (I knew I shouldn't fix what is not broken) and I decided to actually look through the uGuru tools. I opened the OC Guru and figured out what everything did and hit the Turbo button to see ho it would run. Bam. BSOD. Something about an IRQ error. Don't remember the exact wording, but is the first time I ave recieved a BSOD on this machine. I shut down the machine and it has yet to come back. POST code of 05. I have yet to get anything to change this. I cleared the CMOS about 10 times. Including unplugging everything from the board and let it sit overnight. No dice. I don't have any other RAM for this machine, but I did try different combinations of the RAM in different slots or by themselves. I even tried a different video card and a different PSU (no-name brand 450watt). Nothing gets this thing past the 05 error (Clear CMOS Error Flag). I've even pulled the board and had nothing but a keyboard, video, RAM and psu.

WTF?!!?? I thought the OC Guru was pretty safe to use. I've pushed machines pretty far through BIOS and never had this kind of problem. Is my machine completely trashed?


I already searched other forums and the web for problems relating to a working machine crashing because of OC Guru and the POST 05 post code. I tried everything I can think of and don't know what else to do.

Did I fry my BIOS? Anyone ever had these kind of problems with uGuru?
 
so I finally received my brand spakin' new BIOS from ABIT. I put it in and nothing new happened. The battery had been pulled out and the CMOS jumper was set to discharge for the last 2 weeks. Basically, just the mobo sitting by itself. I even tried new RAM of the same brand and a different brand in various combinations. Still, nothing. The only thing I haven't replaced is the CPU. I don't have a couple hundred bucks lying around to do this check. I called Abit support and they told be to try everything that I have already tried.

He suggested that I RMA it. Is there anything else I can try before I spend more money on this?

Also, if anyone has some suggestions for a non-Abit socket 754 (with onboard sound and nic) motherboard, that would be great too. :)
 
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