Reply 140 of 223, by Cyanopsis
Chkcpu wrote on 2025-01-19, 19:25:Hi Cyanopsis, […]
Hi Cyanopsis,
About having only a very short time to press DEL to enter the BIOS Setup, I haven’t experience this before.
Did you disable the full screen QDI bootup logo in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu? If so, you should have ample time to hit the DEL key, all through the memory test and the Drive scan on the IDE channels.
Also setting the HARD DISK TYPE and MODE to AUTO for all 4 drives in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu will give you more time.
It's a bit difficult to see a pattern, but if I spam DEL on POST, it usually reboots. If I press DEL on memory count once or twice, it boots to BIOS.
I have been thoroughly analyzing the SpeedEasy BIOS code, especially the Bootblock part where SpeedEasy does the actual programm […]
I have been thoroughly analyzing the SpeedEasy BIOS code, especially the Bootblock part where SpeedEasy does the actual programming of the RC5051 Vcore voltage controller on this board.
If my analysis is correct, it is possible that with a K6-2+/III+ installed, the initial Vcore is set to 2.7V before the SpeedEasy control in the main BIOS POST module kicks in. However, this only happens with a K6-2+ and K6-III+ CPU and with the CPU Voltage Ctrl set to AUTO in the SpeedEasy CPU Setup menu. With the CPU Voltage Ctrl set to Manual and the Core Voltage set to 2.0V or 2.1V, this initial 2.7V will not happen and the Bootblock will set the selected Manual Voltage directly.This means that when you have the Core Voltage set to Manual 2.0V, and you still experience the coldstart boot problem on the 1.6V K6-2+, the above high initial Vcore is not the issue and the boot problem may be in the CPU itself.
I assume that the CMOS battery is good and that you don’t see a “CMOS checksum Error” or “A new CPU is installed” message. If you do, then you also have a startup Vcore of 2.7V because the BIOS has lost its CMOS data and doesn’t know what CPU is installed yet.
I will install the 1.6v CPU and to some more testing (another k6-2+ is currently installed). I'll get back to you. Thank you!