Anybody have an Epox 8KHA+

[showhost]

Hi y'all...

Just got this moboand am building my system from scratch. Already stuck on the first step! The manual is kinda vague to a newbie like me. What do I have to do before installing this mobo?

There are three settings in the manual:

JBAT 1
CMOS Clear
= 1-2 Normal (Default)
= 2-3 Clear CMOS


JCK1
CPU Host Clock Select
= 1-2 100MHz (Default)
= 2-3 133 MHz


LED2 Debug card on board (please
refer to Appendix B for POST
LED1 codes)


Can anybody put this into plain English for me??

Thanks

 

[clumsum]

Well, I just got home and just barely pulled my 8KHA+ out of the box, so I'll try to help:

JBAT 1 : ..... is a small set of jumper pins (3ea.) located close to the cmos battery (area circled on mb picture) and the jumper should normally (default) be placed over pins #1 & 2 ................ if you need to short (clear) the cmos, then you would momentarly place the jumper over pins #2 & 3.

JCK1 : ........ another set of pins located over by the AGP slot (again circled on mb) and you must set the clock speed of the CPU you are using to either 100MHz or 133MHz by jumpering the approprate pins: either #1 & 2 (100MHz) or pins #2 & 3 (133MHz) .........

The Debug card is an led readout (in numbers) that helps you to trouble-shoot your mb if you have any problems trying to post (boot).

 

[KouklatheCat]

Ive put a couple computers together with this board one with a 200 Mhz FSB CPU and one with a 266 Mhz FSB CPU. I didn't have to do anything with the jumpers for the 200 Mhz CPU but I had to change the JCK1 jumper for the 266 Mhz CPU. Other then disable onboard sound since I have my own sound card that was it. Search some of the older posts for an 8KHA+ thread with bios tweaks. It was a very easy board for me to set up.

 

[Regalk]

I have a 200FSB cpu in mine right now and did not have to change any of the default settings.

JBAT 1 - left on normal since this has to do with clearing CMOS and you want to make absolutely sure that is is left at default before powering on

JCK1 - no change for 200FSB (but you may have to change for a 266CPU)

LED2 Debug card on board (please refer to Appendix B for POST LED1 codes). These are the post codes that occurs when you first power on. It should literally fly thru all the codes until settling at FF - last post code.

This has been one oy better setups in recent times. AFter 3 months I am yet to have a major problem. It replaced that godamn awful POS ECSK75SA.

 

[RustyNale]

Welcome to AnandTech, showhost!

I've got the same board, it really rocks! The first set of jumpers are for resetting your bios, should the need arise. Leave them on default setting.
The second set is for the fsb of your cpu. Depending on what cpu you got, you'll either let it at 100 (default) or set it to 133. This number X the multiplier on your cpu will determine your final clock speed. And the last one is just as Regalk explained.

2 pieces of advice for you concerning this board. Make sure that your ram is fully seated--these boards seem to take more pressure to seat it correctly. If you get a C1 post code, it's either not seated right, or it's bad ram. Secondly, the 8KHA+ is a power hog, it needs a good quality psu, and I'd go with at least a 340W one, though many people have used a 300W psu, more problems seem to stem from not enough quality power.Enjoy dude!

 

[t4t3r]

one jumper is the bus, if your cpu has a 200mhz bus, then set it to 100mhz. if your cpu has 233mhz bus, then set the jumper to 133. other jumper is for cmos. leave it to normal. if you have any problems with bios, you will need to turn off comp, set that jumper to cmos clear for about 5-10 seconds, change it back to norm, and boot. all your bios settings will be erased. LED is for problems. check the back of the manual for the readout and the problem it corresponds to. sometimes they aren't the exact same, but you should be able to tell which problem it is.

agreeing with another post, make sure ram is seated all the way. you might have to push really hard and you will be able to tell when ram is in all the way. other thing is to make sure your power supply has enough juice. you need at least 350w, but 400w is probably the sweet spot.

after you get everything set up, the last thing to do is have fun! there are some posts on the amdmb.com epox board forum about the best bios settings, so check that out when you feel comfortable and you have burned in your system for awhile. i can't remember the link but it is at the very beginning of that forum. good luck...





t4t3r

 

[KouklatheCat]

It is sometimes a pain in the butt to get your ram seated all the way in this board but it is worth it.

 

[clumsum]

showhost,

You have a lot of good help and advise here ............... one thing though .......... be damn sure you have the DDRam lined up correctly BEFORE you start pushing hard and trying to get it seated (center tab is off-set slightly) ............ !

Believe it or not, .......... some users have been able to get the dim locks closed (thinking it was seated) with the ram in backwards ........... the result has been fried dims and ram modules ............. !!!