BIOS issues???

Hello all,

I powered up my PC this morning and was greeted with a "please reset CPU or memory frequency in CMOS setup". If I try to advance beyond the screen by pressing "enter" I get another screen saying that Windows could not start and I get options to start in "Safe Mode" (three different safe mode options), "From last known good configuration", and "Normal". I've tried selecting all of them and I get the Windows boot screen for about a second before it flashes to the blue screen of death and then reboots my system which starts the sequence all over again. I don't OC, this is not a knew build, and it's been working fine up until this morning.

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4
4GB Corsair DDR2 RAM (2 x 2GB)
BFG 8800GTX
Asus P5NSLI
Sound Blaster Extreme Gamer

I Googled the message and a lot of the descriptions that I found were related to hardware settings in the BIOS. So far I've:

1- Removed the sound card, video card, and each stick of RAM; all one at a time and it didn't make any difference.
2- I cleared CMOS by killing power, moving the jumper, pressing the start button, moving the jumper back, etc.
3- Went into the BIOS and returned settings to default.

None of this has worked so I'm kind of stuck. I don't know if I've got a HD or Mobo problem or if there's just some settings in BIOS that are still screwy.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!!

 

Welcome to Major Geeks.
How old is the machine?
May need to replace the CMOS battery. Looks like an overgrown watch battery.

 

Sorry that I didn't mention it in my first post but the CMOS battery seems OK - I put it on my tongue and it seems like it's still got a charge.

 

Hi Cadedus,

Your tounge is not a very good voltmeter. Try it on a real meter. Should be very close to 3 volts. Probably works down to about 2.5 v but would need replacement. When it is really bad your time and date should go way off and later it would loose all you BIOS Setup info.

Good Luck, Jim