Re: busted BIOS part 2..

j.b. miller <invalidjbmiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 5) CMOS checksum error, loading defaults, press F1 to continue or DEL to
> enter setup this is where it hangs! arrghhhh.

That almost certainly means that rather than the back-up battery
(which you already exchanged), the chip being powered by it is fried.

> I can't update the flash as I can't get into DOS. Aside from tossing it into
> the trash can, what other options are left?

Try and exchange the chip containing the CMOS ram. Nowadays, odds are
you're SOL because that function is now integrated into the MoBo chipset.

Summing it up: that board is toast.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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