CMOS error message

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Tony T

Hi,

I have built up a new system with a AMD 2.4 Athlon and Gigabyte board with a
128mb winfast card. When the machine boots I get an error message "CMOS
checksum error defaults loaded" the machine wil run through the bios script
then hang doing nothing. When a rebbot is done the machine puts the monitor
in sleep mode and stops the speaker emits asteady "beep and the power light
flashes. I have no idea what this error is I have tried removing components
and nothing seems to help any ideas?
 
Hi,

I have built up a new system with a AMD 2.4 Athlon and Gigabyte board with a
128mb winfast card. When the machine boots I get an error message "CMOS
checksum error defaults loaded" the machine wil run through the bios script
then hang doing nothing. When a rebbot is done the machine puts the monitor
in sleep mode and stops the speaker emits asteady "beep and the power light
flashes. I have no idea what this error is I have tried removing components
and nothing seems to help any ideas?
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You won't get the help you may be seeking here as this problem is NOT
related to XP. Your problems are starting prior to the OS loading.
If you've run out of ideas, maybe it's time you pack the thing up and
head out to a shop.
 
Can you post more specific info about the system components?


1) a CMOS checksum is normally associated with a dead/flakey CMOS
battery.... I know your board is new, but... Have you checked the battery?
Maybe it's just in backwards or upside down....

2) have you reset CMOS to default values? Then try booting. Just to see if
it will -- without errors.

3) have you re-seated your video card?

4) if the machine does exactly the same thing with the video card NOT
INSTALLED, then it means your motherboard is not seeing anything when you do
install it, and you may have a dead video card (or a bad AGP slot).

Hopefully it isn't item 4.

Good luck,
-Lawrence in Seattle
 
although the board is new its worth checking the cmos
battery, replace this with a new one (there about £2.00
from someware like boots chemist)enter the bios and load
defaults.
 
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