CMOS checksum error - help!
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From: Doc Shenley on 30 Apr 2007 02:04 What is my computer trying to tell me? After a normal POST it halts with the message - CMOS checksum error, defaults loaded. Press F1 to continue or Del enter Setup. If I press F1 it continues with o/s boot, or if I press Del I can change the settings which are then accepted in a normal boot. It could be a duff battery I suppose (hope!), but how could I tell, and what else could it be?
From: Gary R. Schmidt on 30 Apr 2007 06:22 Doc Shenley wrote: [SNIP] > because the default date set at bootup is 1 Jan 2002. ^^^^^^^^^Put in a new battery, until this basic problem is fixed with a *new* battery all else is a waste of time and effort. Cheers, Gary B-) -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Armful of chairs: Something some people would not know whether you were up them with or not - Barry Humphries
From: Steve on 30 Apr 2007 07:46 I had this problem and thought it was the battery, turned out to be a faulty MB..... tell me your board is a winfast K8S760MG-6LRS??? Steve
From: Jacques Strap on 30 Apr 2007 20:04 Doc Shenley wrote: > What is my computer trying to tell me? After a normal POST it halts with > the message - CMOS checksum error, defaults loaded. Press F1 to continue or > Del enter Setup. If I press F1 it continues with o/s boot, or if I press > Del I can change the settings which are then accepted in a normal boot. > > It could be a duff battery I suppose (hope!), but how could I tell, and what > else could it be? > > > Definitely Battery. Depending on type can be any size battery from 5cent to 10cent piece size or can be a Dallas Clock/Battery Chip. The lifetime of batts and dallas chips is 8-10 years. If 'puter is this old, time to take a trip to the dump and pick up a better PC.
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