Do the caps look good? ABit boards are notorious for failing capacitors.

Did you set the cpu setting in the bios right?
Also try flashing the newest bios on the board.

It could also be the caps, I believe that most BE6 boards used crummy caps, might not be stable at full speed so its down clocking the cpu to keep it stable, try setfsb after windows boots up to change the cpu speed and be sure to check the caps.

Funny I just worked with that same board today 😀

- Check the CMOS battery with a volt meter
- Check the position of the CMOS clear jumper

Also what BIOS do you have? SS is the latest version I believe.

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

- Check the position of the CMOS clear jumper

That was my first thought but he said everything else was saved. still worth a look.

I second the capa, not sure what brand the BE6 uses but they are most likely bad. The Jacksons on the VP6 go bad without any physical sign in my experience.

I believe there is option in the Soft menu (don't remember the exact name) that can deactivate this annoying message. Also it might help to set CPU as manual (6x100 MHz), not the predefined 600 MHz preset.

Necro'ing this thread, please forgive 😵

Out of the blue, it's defaulting to 600E now. Weird..I don't remember modding the board or anything.

Problem solved, I guess? Time to overclock 😁

Electrolytics are tricky. They probably got board of sitting in a closet and decided to work.

Also I wouldn't call 4 days necroposting.

I had the same problem with my old BH6 when I brought it out of retirement, on exactly the same CPU as you. I solved it by flashing the latest BIOS. I think. Or maybe it solved itself, like yours, and it was just a coincidence. Who knows, right? YOLO. 😁

SS is the latest BIOS version I believe. Just in case, I've attached it.

How are you finding the board? I've been using for a benchmarking marathon, still got work ahead, and it's been fantastic.

Are the BH6 and BE6 really BIOS compatible?

Alright! Got the Pentium 3 over clocked to about 688 MHz (bios lists it as 650). Anything over this caused it to not post.

gdjacobs wrote:

Are the BH6 and BE6 really BIOS compatible?

All this time my brain told me this thread is about the BH6. 😵

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

gdjacobs wrote:

Are the BH6 and BE6 really BIOS compatible?

All this time my brain told me this thread is about the BH6. 😵

Happy new year Phil! 😁

I somehow keep mixing up certain model numbers, even when already having been corrected by multiple persons 😵

Tetrium wrote:

I somehow keep mixing up certain model numbers, even when already having been corrected by multiple persons 😵

We're getting old 😒 😢 😵

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

Tetrium wrote:

I somehow keep mixing up certain model numbers, even when already having been corrected by multiple persons 😵

We're getting old 😒 😢 😵

🤣. And oh well, as long as we're not getting too cranky along the way 😁

Hmm, the problem is back. Can still OC to 688 (650 in BIOS) but it defaults every time again.

Will probably recap with Japanese caps sometime.

Just to make sure, by "make the BIOS bypass all errors", you mean disabling the Speed Error Hold setting in the CPU soft menu, and not changing the Halt On setting? Had to do that to get my BH6 to accept a PIII 1.1GHz, it behaved just like your board before if I remember it right.

Also, could you post your CPU soft menu settings?

I actually just saw that speed error hold setting and disabled it.

My CPU Soft menu settings: