Re: [LINUX-ABIT] What the **** is going on now... :[

[Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker)]

Quoting Robert Davies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> It seems odd to me that you get the error after clearing the CMOS, when I've
> used that to get to a known state, and it sets to factory defaults on
> startup.

That is why I don't know for sure if it is BIOS related...

It's really really weird, the BIOS installed on the board is the NJ bios.
Again, if I boot with no keyboard installed the system boots till it says
CMOS checksum error. If reboot again, it will stop there too..
Then I connect a keyboard to try to access the BIOS and it stops booting
after the CPU init or Memory test, and in worst case it doesn't even boot
at all... 

> So are you over clocking?  Memory timings?  Perhaps you'ld like to try a new
> battery as an inexpensive option.

Not overclocking, no special memory timings... It is the first time I ever
tried running the board, there is one 433MHz CPU installed which works fine
installed in my other BP6, 128MB DIMM which I know of to be 100% OK memory,
the video card is a NVidia Riva TNT2 which works perfectly fine since I get
images on screen. The only keyboard I have is the one connected to my other
BP6 and works 100% perfect on that system...
 
> There is a note in the manual (p3-6) I noticed, describing at problems if
> you change the BIOS settings and then press reset or Power Off, saying the
> BIOS will not read correctly.

I know about this problem and I notice this with my other BP6 board.
It just helps when you reboot again after changing things in the CMOS...
But this is not the case with my newest BP6.. :[

> Sorry not to be more certain, it's just I've not had a concentrated
> methodical tilt at this one.  When I did have the problem, it appeared
> intermittent, occuring during evenings, but not in the morning when I was
> about to take machine in to demonstrate the problem, fun, fun, fun!!

Ah :]  That's nasty ;]

> It shouldn't matter, though Abit recommend using the one nearest the RAM
> slots, possibly the tracks are shorter, and less prone to stability issues.

Will try that this evening... :]

Thanks for your long answer, appreciated...

Regards,
Sander.

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