I've been doing a bit of overclocking lately, and as generally happens during the initial testing of CPU/Board/Memory, I managed to push some settings too high and cause the machine not to POST anymore. Each time, I have to open the case, use the jumper to reset CMOS, reboot, and change all BIOS settings back to what I need them at.
After repeating this process 5 or so times, I got to thinking: "why is this such a pain?" Couldn't motherboard manufacturors make this process simpler? Maybe if you hold down a certain key during boot up it will reset for you? Or maybe the board could somehow notice that the POST is failing and reset at that point? Or perhaps at least it could store your previous working settings so you could revert back to the them rather than clearing and having to manually reset them?
Are there any current boards that have features similar to what I've mentioned above? Is this type of thing possible? If so, is it something others would like to see implemented in future boards? Am I the only one who finds the whole test, reset, test, reset ad infinitum process to be a huge pain?
Maybe I'm just too lazy to overclock these days
After repeating this process 5 or so times, I got to thinking: "why is this such a pain?" Couldn't motherboard manufacturors make this process simpler? Maybe if you hold down a certain key during boot up it will reset for you? Or maybe the board could somehow notice that the POST is failing and reset at that point? Or perhaps at least it could store your previous working settings so you could revert back to the them rather than clearing and having to manually reset them?
Are there any current boards that have features similar to what I've mentioned above? Is this type of thing possible? If so, is it something others would like to see implemented in future boards? Am I the only one who finds the whole test, reset, test, reset ad infinitum process to be a huge pain?
Maybe I'm just too lazy to overclock these days