Sorry Nick. I thought I was "replying" to a thread that was already cross posted, albeit by two separate people.
FWIW I didn't actually post the identical reply in each thread.
Regards...
Dave
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- Mon Jan 20, 2003 10:27 pm
- Forum: General BIOS Questions
- Topic: CMOS checksum error:atrend ATC6254 BX
- Replies: 5
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- Mon Jan 20, 2003 4:59 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: CMOS Checksum Error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4964
The ATMEL ATF 16V8C is an Electrically Eraseable Programmable Logic Device (EE-PLD) which is the 'CMOS' referred to in the "save to CMOS" routines of the BIOS setup. The BIOS Chip is an EEPROM (Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory), which contains the BIOS defaults. It is the default BIOS sett...
- Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:42 pm
- Forum: General BIOS Questions
- Topic: CMOS checksum error:atrend ATC6254 BX
- Replies: 5
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CMOS Checksum Error; ABIT SH6 motherboard.
Hi... I had a similar problem on an ABIT SH6 board. I replaced the battery, had the BIOS chip re-programmed, still got same problem. Even after "clear CMOS" and several restart attempts, it still reports "CMOS Checksum Error". Am I right in thinking that the 'CMOS' chip is in fact the Electrically E...
- Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:26 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: CMOS Checksum Error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4964
CMOS Checksum Error; ABIT SH6 motherboard.
Hi... I have a similar problem with an ABIT SH6 motherboard. The system will only start after "clear CMOS", and only then on third or fourth attempt. At that point it reports "CMOS Checksum error" and loads 'defaults'. I am then able to get into BIOS setup, and configure for correct CPU speed, howev...
