cmos checksum failed due to hard drive

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piet

Hi,

If you have an asus motherboard and u get this error:

cmos checksum failed resetting to defaults.

It might by caused by a samsung spinpoint harddrive.
Make a change in the bios and save after replacing the hard drive.
 
piet said:
If you have an asus motherboard and u get this error:
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cmos checksum failed resetting to defaults.
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It might by caused by a samsung spinpoint harddrive.
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What evidence do you have for that last bit ?

Its MUCH more likely to just be a cmos battery that needs replacing.
Make a change in the bios and save after replacing the hard drive.
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No point in replacing the hard drive, you replace the cmos battery.
 
Rod Speed said:
What evidence do you have for that last bit ?

Its MUCH more likely to just be a cmos battery that needs replacing.
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Did that didnt help, replacing hdd fixed it.
 
piet said:
Hi,

If you have an asus motherboard and u get this error:

cmos checksum failed resetting to defaults.

It might by caused by a samsung spinpoint harddrive.
Make a change in the bios and save after replacing the hard drive.
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What model asus, and what exact model samsung drive? Did you get the
latest bios? If there is an incompatibility, a bios upgrade may help.

If you identify a hardware incomptatbility, that a bios upgrade does
not cure, write asus an email with as much detail as possible.

It is also a possibility you have a bad hard drive OR board.
 
What model asus, and what exact model samsung drive? Did you get the
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The shop gave me another Asus P5V-VM DH motherboard, it didnt help
System works fine with now with a maxtor harddrive instead of the
Samsung.spinpoint SP2504C
latest bios? If there is an incompatibility, a bios upgrade may help.
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There are some bios updates at Asus but they dont mention anything about
cmos checksum errors. And I am happy the system is working now so I wont try
a flash bios.
If you identify a hardware incomptatbility, that a bios upgrade does
not cure, write asus an email with as much detail as possible.

It is also a possibility you have a bad hard drive OR board.
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Harddrive does get recognized properly in setup, could still be a hardware
problem but I dont have another Sata II system to test it..
 
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