8kta3 trouble

[BradDaBug]

I just got a brand new Epox 8kta3 motherboard and 900 MHz Athlon, but i ran into trouble when i stuck it all together.

the computer does not boot! It goes a little bit, then shuts off! I can reset the CMOS, and it boots, but it displays a message that says "CMOS Checksum Error. Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup."

I've flashed the bios to the latest one (march 3rd or something like that), and it still isn't working.

I don't want to have to reset the CMOS each time I run the computer! Someone help!

 

[Killrose]

Are you trying to boot up at the 133MHz bus with the default 9x multiplier? If you are which would be 1197MHz, which should be possible with the 900 T-bird, set your CPU voltage in bios to the MAX 1.85volts, and then try to boot it up. If it won't go, Make sure your board jumper is set to 100MHz position, and multipliers/bus speed is set to default in bios. Once you get it running and stable then overclock it.

 

[EY2K]

i believe the march 3rd bios is for the 8kta3+ boards only (the ones with the highpoint RAID controller) epox recommends that 8kta3 owners do NOT flash to that BIOS. ....and.... the latest BIOS is NOT that one but rather one dated March 28th which was released yesterday, for all 8kta3/+ owners.

 

[Tiger]

The safest thing to do on a first boot with this board is to load the optimized defaults.
Make sure your host clock (CPU) jumper is set for 100mhz. It's JP5, just north of the fdd connector.

 

[Crucial]

I used to get that error when I had my ISA NIC installed with the wrong irq and stuff. Try pulling out all cards except video and see what happens. I am assuming this wont even let you into the bios correct?