Epox8KTA3 Problems!!!!!!!!!!

[KBtn]

This is my system: EpoxKTA3 Bios 1-10-2001
T-Bird 1Ghz Unlocked with the L7 closed(default voltage 1.85)
Crucial 256mb PC133 Cas 2
Voodoo3 3500 agp (Radeon 64 DDR on its way)
Maxtor 20gig 7200rpm
Toshiba 6x DVD
Plextor 12/10/32
Realtek PCI Ethernet card
Windows 2000

My problems:
1. everytime my computer boots up it makes a loud beep
2. No matter what settings I use, I cannot get the computer to boot when it is jumpered to 133FSB

MY Questions:
1. What is that loud beep on bootup?
2. What are some good optimized Bios setting for overall performance gains based on my hardware?
3. Is my Voodoo3 3500 causing a hardware "bottleneck" for overclocking and the use of the 133 FSB?
4. Has there been any problems/conflicts with the latest Bios 1-31-2001 (been holding off on installing to see if anyone was having any problems with this)

**just updated to the new 01-31-2001 Bios and no new problem yet, BUT I still have the exact same problems as listed.

 

[CichliSuite]

Try turning you multiplier down low after booting with 100mhz. Like down to 5x just to make sure it will boot at 133. Then after making it to the BIOS screen, increase the multiplier to where you want it.

 

[CichliSuite]

Oh, and 1-31-2000 doesn't do much except fixa few Win2k issues.
I would get it.

I updated my bios and it's working fine.


Epox8kta3
Duron650@900 (1.75v)
Maxtor 20Gig
Panasonic 8x4x32
Afreey 50x
256mb PC100 ram ( I NEED pC 133 to do anything with the FSB. DAMMIT!)

 

[Killrose]

I noticed that loud beep too. I think it's due to you running with the on board sound. I ran with it for a bit before I put my Aureal card in. Disable it in bios if you want to test it out for sure.

 

[PassatVR6]

I have the same motherboard but it doesnt beep at all. Look at the onboard LED readouts to see if any errors are coming up when you boot, it shold read "FF" which means booting into Operating System.

BTW I havnt been able to get mine to work at 133Bus either and I have PC133 RAM. I can hear it counting RAM when i boot, but the monitor stays black

Im going to go tweak around with it tonight when I get home, didnt get much time to spend on it last night

Tbird 850 @ 9.5X102 =970MHZ w/ RAM running 133Mhz

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

A single beep at POST is a good thing; it means that your system has passed all its checks. As far as not being able to boot @133, are your L6 bridges shorted to set the multiplier lower? I have the same board as you, and had the same cpu, so I know that this works(well, it did for me). You see, for a few brief milliseconds your system will POST using the default fsb and multiplier settings, which in your case would be 133 x 10 = 1333MHz. Most 1GHz T-Birds won't do this, so I've set my L6 bridges to reflect a 7 multiplier(133 x 7 = 933). You can find out which L6 contacts to connect by looking in the left-hand column here. Use a pencil, just like you did for the L1 bridges.

Good luck! Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions about this setup.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I had to reset my bios to get the jumper to 133 working. I dunno what I did to the settings but after I reset the bios and lowered my multiplier, the jumper to 133 worked.

 

[KBtn]

Did you have to have the L6 bridges modified to change the default multiplier?

 

[Truro]

You do to change the hardcode multiplier, and the Epox seems to need this. It's easy to do on a 1 gig, all you have to do is close two of the bridges. On a 1.2 gig, you have to cut some that are factory closed.

Busta and I went through this already, so take our word for it. I also recommend painting your bridges with the defogger kit.

In your overclocking adventures, if you push it past it's limits at 133 and can't get back into bios, move the jumper to 100 and it'll come up.

 

[CichliSuite]

Try this instead. You may not have to mess with the L6 bridges.

1. set jumper to 100mhz.
2. Boot.
3. Go into bios, and set multiplier WAY low, like 4 or 3.
4. Shutdown.
5. Set jumper to 133mhz
6. Boot up (you should make into bios because it is so onderclocked.)
7. Now set multiplier to what you want.

 

[PassatVR6]

Cichli Suite: That will not work, believe me I tried it. It is because when you first bootup, it reads the multiplier settings off the CPU so for a 1.2 it will read 12 X 133 bus and will not even reach BIOS because this is too high of a speed. THats why you need to modify the bridges on the cpu to a lower multiplier so you can reach Bios, then once you are there you can set it to your likeing.

-Matt