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Original Message
Name: seancky2
Date: October 18, 2005 at 17:39:39 Pacific
Subject: Checksum Error
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 64 939 3200
Comment:

When i boot up my computer i get this error message:


BIOS ROM checksum error

Detecting floppy drive A media...
Drive A error. System halt


What could be the problem?


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Response Number 1
Name: GX1 Man
Date: October 18, 2005 at 19:28:59 Pacific
Subject: Checksum Error
Reply: (edit)

Bad Ram or defective BIOS. Run memtest to rule out RAM.

www.memtest86.com

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Response Number 2
Name: ham30
Date: October 18, 2005 at 20:28:50 Pacific
Subject: Checksum Error
Reply: (edit)

Probably a bad motherboard battery. They are very inexpensive.


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Response Number 3
Name: Milky Way
Date: October 19, 2005 at 00:24:54 Pacific
Subject: Checksum Error
Reply: (edit)

A bad battery will not let you detect floppy, it will still boot up.

It should be bios corrupted, either from bad bios flash or bios chip going bad. You need to get the bios from your motherboard manufacturer and put the bios files (either award***.exe/***.bin or flash***.exe/***.rom, both with autoexec.bat) into a floppy and power on the system with the floppy inside. Don't turn off the power for the next 2 minutes as the bios flash will reboot by itself.


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