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CMOS Checksum Error

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Lazy Bonzo, Oct 21, 2003.

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    [​IMG] About half an hour ago my computer crashed (as in reset itself which it's been doing on and off for weeks now) and when it restarted there was a message at the bottom 'CMOS Checksum Error ... press F1 to continue or .....'

    I restarted and the message appeared again. Seeing nothing else to to do I pressed F1 and windows loaded as normal. It detected new hardware (it was my internal modem which I hadn't installed the last time I formatted and reinstalled windows, the modem is dead being the reason).

    As far as I could tell nothing else had changed. Then when I restarted i noticed that the white line (which i can't remember what it actually says) that appears just after the memory check but before drive detection (first screen) was not there.

    Basically does anyone have any idea what is going on? And any adverse affects to my situation, i can live with it if there aren't.

    [ October 21, 2003, 21:26: Message edited by: Lazy Bonzo ]
     
    Lazy Bonzo, Oct 21, 2003
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    when it says CMOS it means that a battery is empty, the "CMOS battery" if you don't know how to change it yourself I guess you will have to let a professional do it. But it's nothing big just maybe 1min and it's done.
     
    Kiranos, Oct 21, 2003
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    Ok thanks Kiranos. I have a computy friend who should be able to do it.

    Would this explain the problems i've been having with resets for pretty much no reason, and no warning either, ?
     
    Lazy Bonzo, Oct 21, 2003
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    CMOS is a type of memory that uses next to no power if the data in it is not changing. It is still volatile, meaning that power must always be applied to maintain the data in the memory, so there is a battery to power it when your computer is off. It is used on PCs to store the BIOS settings that were chosen.

    If it said there was a CMOS checksum error, it means the data in the memory was corrupted (could be due to the battery being dead and the memory losing the data stored in it), so your BIOS settings would no longer be valid.

    If all the BIOS settings chosen were the defaults, then it wouldn't make any difference if you lost the settings in the CMOS memory; but since you're seeing something different than before, I would guess something was not set to the default, and so that setting (and perhaps others) was lost.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Oct 21, 2003
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    Hmm... my computer has been screwing up as well, I think this might be the reason for it...
     
    Arabwel, Oct 22, 2003
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    [​IMG] Maybe you should take the battery out and check it then? ;)

    Lazy Bonzo; you'd better check your BIOS...
     
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