Recent content by greenuk

I sent an email to Abit. First thing they suggested was to check memory timings. So I switched from auto to manual timing and changed the 5-5-5-15 to 4-4-4-12 which my Corsair memory is rated at. That made no difference to the issue so a follow up email suggested I ensure the 500gb drive is...

Thanks for the reply Rowan. I had the harddisks outside the system and replugged the power cables in but no change. My Ultimate Boot CD saw both drives and verified both with zero error, so the harddisks are both technically working with this system. It's just the BIOS playing up.

Or could this have something to do with the drives not running at the same transfer rate, or some other compatibility between them. Both drives work fine when used on their own. The BIOS plays stubborn only when I'm using both drives.

It appears this has something to do with the harddisks. With no harddisks plugged in, I'm able to access the BIOS just fine. With one harddisk plugged in, again I can access the BIOS fine. When I have two harddisks plugged I'm not able to enter the BIOS and the DEL key is ignored. Guess I should...

Okay just to clarify. I'm using a regular keyboard plugged into PS2 port, and I tried resetting CMOS several times (using jumpers according to manual) but I still can't access the BIOS. I will try to RMA the motherboard. In meantime if anyone else has suggestions...

Thanks for the reply. I'm using a USB keyboard, but plugged into the PS2 port using a standard USB-PS2 adaptor. This is how I've used keyboards in recent years (mainly to free up a USB port) and never had problems accessing BIOS with previous system with same keyboard.

I have put together a new system. No matter what I do, I can't get into the BIOS screen. I powered on the system and it says "CMOS Checksum error - Defaults loaded". And "Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP". If I press the DEL key nothing happens. It continues to show aforementioned...