BIOS Updates forum

Hi,

i got the same problem as a couple of other people, i presume. I bought
a Via P4 p047 with a p4 1.7Ghz (used, i presume (on ebay)), after starting the computer, it counts the ram, identifies the cpu, and then turns to a black screen with a flashing cursor ( _ ). I loaded the defaults setting to the bios, because i got a message like "warning! cpu has been changed. go to the bios and make changes."


can someone help?

thanx

dido

i just took out the battery of the mainboard, and restarted. now i got an error message: "cmos checksum error-defaults loaded. warning! cpu has been changed. please re-enter cpu-settings in the cmos setup and remember to save before quit!"

what the heck should i do now? i have no idea what to enter in the cmos (i even dont know what the cmos is!

dido

Something like "Press DEL to enter SETUP" should be displayed on the screen. Do it.

after a couple of hours reading all the threads here, i got to the via site and flashed my bios with an update: still the same problem. i'm fed up!
this looks like a dead-end. at least, the floppy is still working.

thanks for your help though.

dido

Rainbow wrote:Something like "Press DEL to enter SETUP" should be displayed on the screen. Do it.

Did you do that ? this is at the memory counting screen.