timer problem on RouterBOARD 230r3 (CPU revision B1)

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi there,

i’ve got a strange problem with a new rb230. When routeros has started CPU frequency is at 100Mhz:

[admin@904G] > /system resource print
uptime: 11m9s
version: “3.20”
free-memory: 117672kB
total-memory: 127072kB
model: “RouterBOARD 230”
cpu: “Geode”
cpu-count: 1
cpu-frequency: 100MHz
cpu-load: 4
free-hdd-space: 84474kB
total-hdd-space: 121215kB
write-sect-since-reboot: 376
write-sect-total: 376
architecture-name: “x86”
board-name: “x86”
[admin@904G] >

After trying without success to put the correct cpu frequency in my rb, i’ve seen this strange error after bios POST:

RouterBIOS-200 v1.3.8 MikroTik ™ 2003-2005

RouterBOARD 230r3 (CPU revision B1)
CPU frequency: 266 MHz
Memory size: 128 MB

Press any key within 1 second to enter setup..
timer not ready after 4294ms (clock speed 243.47%)!

Booting IDE…

If you want more information there is the output of the command:

[admin@904G] > /system routerboard print
routerboard: yes
model: “230r3”
serial-number: “034B01DEC554”
current-firmware: “1.3.8 (Dec/11/2007 16:39:15)”
upgrade-firmware: “1.3.8 (Dec/11/2007 16:39:15)”
[admin@904G] >

[admin@904G] > /system routerboard bios print
baud-rate: 9600
debug-level: low
boot-delay: 1s
enter-setup-on: any-key
beep-on-boot: yes
boot-device: ide-only
etherboot-timeout: 1m
vga-to-serial: yes
memory-settings: optimal
memory-test: no
cpu-mode: power-save
pci-backoff: enabled
[admin@904G] >


Thank you, regards.

2

when and where did you brought this board?
Looks like a hardware problem, you can try to RMA if you still have warranty for it.

3

Hi there,it seems it’s RTC problem. Check RTC battery is there 3V on battery holder + pole. Else check JP3 and Y1/Y5

4

Thank’s for reply to all:

udis: i’ve bought two directly from you, 2 weeks ago. One go right the other has got this problem.
aaa: i’ll check asap.

Best Regards.

5

Here you have the output of the console with bios debug level set to high.

If you can please read it,

Thank you very much,

Nice Regards.
rb230.pdf (37 KB)

6

it looks more like hardware problem, please contact RMA.