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What did i do?

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i was overclocking my fx-6300 i did what the AMD OC guide said (disable: turbo,APM,cool n quiet,C1E,cpu fan controll) i started by running it at 3.6 ghz but when i reset it took the computer a few times to actualy boot up kind of like a car trying to start up. What did i do?
 


If you feel like going through the effort, breadboard the system:
Take the MB back out and put it on an insulated surface like the box it arrived in. Connect just the CPU/cooler, 1 stick memory in 1st DIMM slot as required sometimes by the manual for using 1 stick, PSU, KB, and if available; the on-board video to monitor. Start the system by momentarily shorting the 2 pins on the MB FP header that the case's start button wires would plug normally into.

If it still does that at this point, it is a MB/BIOS defect. Not much you can do except return the board, possibly re-flash the BIOS with a latest version, or live with it. I have had a couple boards that do something similar at boot.