[Techtalk] Nforce A7N8X motherboard forgets clock multiplier on reboot

[Mary]

On Sat, Dec 04, 2004, Mary wrote:
> However, the real problem is that when this hang occurs, the BIOS
> forgets the clock multiplier: after the memory check part of startup
> (which completes without error although it reduces the memory speed to
> 100 MHz) it immediately gives an error message about not knowing the CPU
> speed. Entering the BIOS and exiting it without any changes fixes the
> problem as does setting the multiplier to 11x by hand.

Updates:

1. The BIOS does remember other settings when this happens.
2. Subsequent failures tend to follow hot on the heels (as it were) of
the first failure, which supports a overheating hypothesis

-Mary