Epox 8K7A intimidating error message makes me wanna hollar.

[electricfro]

Hi gang. I just built my first computer this past weekend. Everythings up and running but occassionally i recieve the following message"

"Warning this system is over-clock fail. Please setup CPU Host in Frequency/Voltage Control Setup"


I left all mobo settings to default and have not taken any steps to unlock my processor. What does this error message mean and am I in danger?

I appreciate your input. Awesome thanks.


Epox 8k7a
Duron 750
kyro II
sb live! value
pc 2100 256MB

 

[Boonesmi]

is it set for 100mhz bus? or is it 133?

 

[Boonesmi]

by the way you sound like a southerner with "hollar"

 

[AppleTalking]

Mine does the same thing. I haven't been able to figure it out either. I just go into the BIOS and then quit without saving changes. It reboots and everything is fine. I haven't had any problems with my CPU yet, so I think this message is just a fluke.

Nick

 

[bozo1]

I got that message the during one of my first boots after I built my rig but not since and that was about a month ago.

 

[Darkluck]

I got that message last night after a reboot, went into the bios looked around at stuff including temps and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I've restarted several times since then and it hasn't happened again since.....

 

[spanner]

what do you know, I got that message pretty often in the past 2 days with my new mobo, My Mobo/Cpu/ram screwed up so bad that it wouldn't boot unless i had a deskfan blowing at it(normal case temp was 37C MAX, amd recommend no higher then 42). anyway after a day of instability and bluescreen problems, the mobo stopped powering on, I just sent it back today. You better prey you don't have the same problem as me. Anyway, it may be due to a bit of overheating during boot up but if it runs stable in windows running Seti for 20 mins then it should be fine, if not you should consider a better heatsink. check you clock speed and jumpers i.e 100/133 fsb

 

[CurtOien]

I got the same message with my first boot and have not seen it since.

 

[TheTeacher]

The message happens when the system fails to boot due to high overclock. The system can't post at a high setting. Usually due to RAM cause it will post 90% of the tim eeven if the CPU is overclocked really high. It won't run but it will post. If it only happens randomly I don't know what to tell you if you aren't overclocking anthing. Just kinda tweaked. Maybe power supply or flaky RAM is about it. Otherwise it should be fine.
Mike

 

[electricfro]

Thanks for the input xSuicidaLx!
Looks like were all in the same boat more or less. I haven't tweaked anything on my rig (more on that later) and the error message hasn't shown up in over two days. Hopefully this little anomoly will just disappear. I have no complaints about my mobo, but while playing Black&White i get minor hiccups in my fps - craving more speed. I see two options:

1.) How should I go about configuring my KyroII card? OpenGL vs 3d??something? Could someone direct me to an article what would explain the in/outs of GraphicCard settings, optimal settings for specific games (Q3, BW, Unreal, T2, HL)

2.) I'd wanna push my Duron 750, but I'm hesitant cause the Epox 8k7a isn't a novice friendly board. Article recommendation for a first time oc?

cheers