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Everytime I restart the computer and turn it on again it will say CMOS checksum error. I load in the hard drive and everything from the BIOS setup screen but the error comes up after i shut it down. Everything I'v done from my last logon is erased because i got to set up the hard drive again, how do i keep the harddrive settings
dude i had that prob once, so i got the old linthium battery out ripped the wire out of it, went down to tandy (radioshack in america) and baught an AA battery holder thing wih space for four batteries.
Once all the stuff is purchased, just under the battery there is a little plug in place where you got the old linthium battery from the just plug it back in.
(plz note this info will not be so handy if you have a newer computer of a battery soldered onto the motherboard.)
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Yep sounds like your battery is dead.
Before you try what exxxma surgests check what type of battery you have. some were plug-in types to start with.
Unless you tackle the battery problem you will have to reset every time.
exxxma
NO NEED TO RIP OUT OLD BATTERY BY THE WAY
Just plug in replacement next to it!
and it will bypass the old one!
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Yeah, changing the battery CAN be simple... or not, but there should be a connector for an external battery to plug in - no need for 'surgery'
There are CMOS utilities that can store the BIOS info - but you'd have to boot from a floppy every time -ok for the short haul.(linthium?.... i think he means lithium *g*)
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What cmos utilities can store bios info? My battery is dead on my ps/2 & I have to use a reference disk everytime to set things up unless I leave it on all the time. It takes the reference disk at least 5 minutes to do this plus 2 reboots & I'm up & running. I would like to boot from a floppy and all settings be there.
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I use a little freeware util called (of all things) setcmos for an old 386 with a weak battery. It might not work for a PS/2, not sure - not all CMOS data was necessarily stored in the same format on older machines.
I just boot from the floppy, restore the CMOS data through the autoexec.bat and force a reboot. Of course the system date/time are wrong, but it beats entering the data manually.
Try a search for it (should be around) - if not I'll zip it up for you.
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I have a very small utility that does that too. It's called CMOS (what do you know?) and can be found in the utility folder of my briefcase. Get to my briefcase from the link at the top of my site. If you need help, there a link to my email there too.
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what i mean by rip it out was pull it out, but the battery you need to have is one of those rectangular prism rayovac batteries.
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Tina.... you seem to have used 2 different email addresses, having a little trouble sending the attachment.
Repost, mail me or else check out Lightspeed's page.
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Yes Jboy, CMOS includes cmossave, cmosrest and cdmoschk. Tina, the address for my briefcase is as easy as a click. CMOS is the third program in the lot. CMOS will save your cmos settings in a small 128 bytes file that can be easily stored on a boot disk. You should store cmosrest on it as well, and create a small batch file (i suggest you call it CMOS.bat, for easy remembering) that says:CMOSREST A:\CMOS.SAV
You can even put that line in autoexec.bat in your boot disk, if you what to boot and automatically restore your cmos at boot up.
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Yeah, I think I got these proggies from a diskette/book deal from PCMag or similar - can come in handy.
Also a little COM file that reboots the system is useful too - if you don't have one Tina - will send.
Just a little leery about how the CMOS utils and PS/2s would get along - they were such odd beasts.
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I had a ps/2 & the battery died. You cant take the battery out because it is soldered to the motherboard. At least on mine it is.
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