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could be my processor or my motherboard.

i had an "oops" moment the other day and i upped my frequency too aggressively, but i used the asus turn-it-off-as-it-posts method to reset the bios.

ran fine on regular settings for a day, now i go to turn it on, and i make it to my desktop before the system freezes. mind you it hasnt been on for 2 minutes and it siezes up.

so i reboot, and i cant get past the ASUS logo where you have the option to hit delete and change bios settings.

i'm slightly worried. i can't think of anything in particular to do, so i hope some of you have ideas for me...

anyhow im on my way to the doctors office. ive got this cough that wont quit, so i'll most likely be in the waiting room for a few hours.
gives you guys enough time to magically fix my pc with your positive thoughts :X

thanks guys!

Have them run it through the MRI machine, that will fix it

Did you try clearing the bios on the MoBo?

I had tried something like that in the past.

You need to cheat the power and thermal of your system to give you more time to access the BIOS before it locks up again.

First, take the side panels off the computer. Second, unplug anything that is not required for boot up operation. ie. DVD, CD-ROM, slave drives, and the like. Third, look at your cooling solution on the CPU. If it's full of dust bunnies and the fan is weak, give it a good cleaning and get a better fan. Finally, boot up and see if you can make it in top the BIOS.

Also, check the cooling on the graphics card. If it over heats on boot up, the system will lock up too.

Once you get the power draw down and the thermals down, you'll have a better chance of getting at things.

If all else fails, you may need to power down the entire system, unplug it from the wall, and reset the CMOS via a motherboard jumper. BUT, never-never-never-never-never-never-never-never-never-never do this while power is active on the computer! This will reset the BIOS to the basic defaults.

Locking up can also be caused by memory issues. Your board uses tight timings by default, you could try increasing each misc. timing by just one and test.

Are you using wireless? If you are, some early wifi drivers cause this problem. The wireless driver is only initiated at startup, just after the desktop appears.
You could try updating your wifi drivers and or client software

memory could be the problem, see if you can boot into memtest and run that for a while

I agree with ^ and ^^ and say to test the memory first. Client's machine was doing the same thing after a power outage caused a reboot. It started locking up like crazy and it turned out to be the ram. Fortunately, he had 4 sticks (2x256 and 2x512) so I had enough to swap and choose to get it working again after a few nights of Memtest86.

Good Luck.

and here comes the longshot- check the mobo power plug,if there is bad connection(the female part of the plug got too wide so it doesnt connect completely with the male end), the reds will get cooking, like 60+C and will melt the plastic of the plug(i had that happen and to fool with it ALOT to get it to work right again) that caused my comp to stop working entirely all the time and at random times (cant use mouse or anything) till i fixed it and the longer it was on, the hotter the plug would get, and start to smoke

-how to check for this crazy idea- pull the plug off or even just look at and the plastic will be brown-black where the red wires go in

good luck.

edit- or check the CPU temps

I would just try clearing the CMOS, if it doesn't work, dig a nice grave to bury your computer in. Also if you have enough, try booting up with one memory stick at a time out. Could be a hard drive issue but no idea there. Last time I fried a hard drive it would stop at the Dell page on my lappy. Try it out and we'll see!

i restarted today, managed to get into the bios, and reset EVERYTHING, and its been running without a hitch all day. we'll see what tomorrow brings