KT7 boots fine, but can't enter BIOS

[boulez]

Ok folks, I'm a little new at this; this is my second homemade box and here are the specs on what's currently installed:

Antec SX1030 case with 300W supply
Abit KT7-RAID
Duron 700 (not overclocked yet)
FOP-32
128meg PC133 NEC ram
Two IBM drives, 10 gig and 30 gig, currently connected to the regular IDE 1.
An HP 8100 Plus CDRW, connected to IDE2
Generic floppy
Voodoo 3 AGP
Realtek Ethernet in PCI slot 4
a whole bunch of fans

I built this today, and on first boot I got a CPU Unworkable message, so I went into the BIOS. But I couldn't get it; hitting DEL gave me a screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner and a thick blue bar near the bottom of the screen. I had to hard reset.
I could enter the BIOS on subsequent boots, and was able to configure the CPU, HDs, etc. Everything worked great, booted to Windows 98, etc.
I flashed to version WW and upon rebooting couldn't enter the BIOS again, with the same symptoms as before. Except this time, it hangs every time.
Now, here's the weird part. I can still boot into Windows just fine. I get the CPU Unworkable message on post, but if I continue via F1, windows boots and I'm golden. But I still can't get into the BIOS.
I've reflashed, I've flashed back to an older version, reflashed again, etc.
I'm out of ideas, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Pederv]

Have you tried doing the jumper to reset the bios, on the motherboard? With some of the weird things I've seen, it's become a standard practice on new boards, for me.

 

[billyjak]

Make sure the CPU fan is on the CPU 3 pin connector with that bios as it states on Abits sight.
I beleive you also have to pencil in the L1 cache on Durons to get the to work.

 

[java2]

I have the same problem with my SH6. Mine will boot and run fine but with my memory clock set to 133 mhz (PC-133 Infinion, I cannot enter the bios without clearing the cmos......Its a pain and I guess if they don't come up with a fix, or I figure it out, I'll be sending it back.