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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:17 pm 

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everynow and again when i reboot i get this error on bootup

bad cmos check sum resetting bios press F1 to continue or press Del to enter setup.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:02 am 
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possibly battery issue


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:19 am 
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you mentioned you were trying different bios' to get a better overclock. is the bios you're currently using a beta bios?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:15 am 

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allready thought of the bios. it was doin this before i flashed the bios and after is the problem.
battery is what im gonna try today. i read online that asus has been shipping boards with dead batteries

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:15 am 

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and nope the bios isnt beta. atleast it dont say

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:26 pm 

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Yeah, first guess would either be battery, or (been there, done this.... :) ), double check that your cmos reset jumper is in the correct position. I forgot to move mine back to the default position once and had similar issues.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:42 pm 

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well i think u were rite.
there was no jumper at all on the default bios setting.
i put on a jumper. and rebooted about 10 times. didnt do it yet. LOL
thanks again sswilson. 2for 2 now i beleve u are. lol

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:49 am 

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ronedogg wrote:
well i think u were rite.
there was no jumper at all on the default bios setting.
i put on a jumper. and rebooted about 10 times. didnt do it yet. LOL
thanks again sswilson. 2for 2 now i beleve u are. lol


So is this still working for you? Good info to keep in the back of my mind if it is.... :)

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:36 am 

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yes still working. haven't seen the error since
see im use to the older computers. when u put a jumper on the bios reset the computer dont turn on. with the newer computer they still turn on with the bios reset button

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