Interesting problem with KK266Plus-R

[DCFife]

I just finished building a new system based on the KK266Plus-R motherboard. While I was waiting for all of the new parts to come in, I threw together some spare parts on this motherboard and everything worked great. I figured out all of the BIOS settings that I could play with, tried the on-board sound, etc. Anyway, I got my final parts yesterday and put the system together in its "final" configuration. The system works perfectly, except for one thing...I can't get into the BIOS! The system POST's, see's my hard drives, CD's, memory and boots Windows 2000 Pro just fine. The machine runs like a dream. However, when I try to enter the BIOS I get a black screen with the flashing cursor in the top left corner and a single solid row of blue background at the very bottom of the screen. One time (and one time only) I actually got into the BIOS and I selected the Health Monitor menu and it locked up. I tried clearing the CMOS (several times), unplugging all of the IDE devices, changing memory, changing the power supply, changing the memory, changing the video card...hey, I think I tried everything I could!

Has anybody ever seen anything like this? Are there any solutions so I can get into my BIOS and start tweaking? TIA.

- Dave

EDIT: One more thing I've noticed: my time/date in W2K resets itself everytime I restart the machine.

 

[Iron Woode]

Sounds like your CMOS is toast. The clock reseting itself is also a sign that it cannot keep the time alive when shut down. I would be talking to IWILL about this or your dealer and see about replacing the board.