Trouble with Abit SA6R

[Slava237]

Abit SA6R
Celeron 600
When I first turned the power on, I went into SoftMenu III in BIOS Setup and selected 600. Next time it detected it as Celeron 600 (66x9). Then I connected WD 13 GB HDD, but it wouldn't detect it until I used cable select. Then it started having problems - the system would hang up on Verifying DVI Pool Data. I thought it was something with my FDD or HDD, but then it stopped going past the very first boot screen. It didn't want to go into SetUp either. I finally figured out that everything works if I turn SoftMenu off with a dip-switch. Well, the only way I can overclock without the SoftMenu is put in on the 100 FSB, which makes it 100x9=900 MHz, a little bit too extreme, it needs better cooling.
So, what's wrong? Did SoftMenu die a slow death? Or is there something wrong with the CPU?
Originally, I planned to overclock it some, but how to do it without the SoftMenu? Yes, I flashed BIOS with the latest one, tried clearing CMOS, nothing helps.

 

[logos]

i would stick with the soft menu... unplug the hd clear the cmos and start over. when you first get into the bios select user define and then 9 for multiplier and 66 for fsb. if you have w98-me try booting on a startup disk before you add the hd. after you boot on a floppy hook the hd back up but still boot on the floppy and see if the hd is there. you can run scandisk or regscan just to make sure the drive is squared away, then try rebooting on the hd.

 

[Slava237]

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I can't get into SoftMenu - that's the problem! If it's enabled with the dip switch, then the system does not go past the first screen. If it's disabled, then it naturally doesn't show up in the BIOS Setup. I disconnected HDD and FDD completely, the problem is the same without them.

 

[Placid]

I found this on the Abit site dunno if it will help any.

Q. Why does my system crash or fail to POST when I try to use 256MB memory modules on Intel 815/815E based motherboards (SL6 /SE6 / SH6 / SA6R)?

The Intel 815 chipset (and also 815E) does not support 4x4, 8x4, 16x4 or any other x4 memory chips. A wide variety of errors is possible if you try to use double-sided 32MB chip modules or single-sided 16MB chip modules with this chipset, including system crashes or failures to POST.