Bios Question....Please Help

[jwells777]

Ok....so I just did my first bios flash which I was quite apprehensive about in the first place....Just when I thought I was in the clear....The newly flashed bios has created the need for a password at the bios screen!!!! I have no idea what this password would be since I have never had a system password. I downloaded this bios from the EPOX website and it is the official 711 release...If anyone can tell me how to get past this password I would greatly appreciate it...Thank You

 

[Jennifer66]

Clear the cmos with the power supply off or unpluged.
Look in the manual for the jumper its near the battery.

 

[jwells777]

Thanks for the tip...It worked and I am now at 167 Mhz FSB....Does anyone know how to check to make sure the 1/5 divider is working...also, I think the AGP bus is way out of spec, will this cause any problems? As always, any input is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Jennifer66]

SiSoft Sandra will show the pci bus speed in the motherboard section.
Your agp bus should be at 1/2 of the fsb or 83.5 and thats not too bad. Many people run GeForce 2 cards at 100mhz agp bus on bx boards.
No idea about your card but it should be good to at least 89mhz as only a few cards I know of cannot and they are older.

Nice overclock btw 🙂
What memory timings are you using?

 

[jwells777]

Thanks for the info...I heard that Sisoft won't report anything higher than a 1/4 setting though...My mem timing is on "Normal" which is a CAS 2.5 setting. I have a Radeon LE for the record. So far it seems quite up to the task.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

I would use a benchmark test to make sure your system is stable if you continue to run at 167 FSB. All may seem well until the system is stressed.