Are CMOS Checksum Errors caused by incompatible memory?

[Tago]

I put together a new PC yesterday and when I turn it on I get "CMOS Err" on the little LCD thing that came with my motherboard. Nothing appears on the monitor. Asus said it was my RAM when I called them up and that their motherboards don't work with OCZ.

I thought I ought to ask here and try to get a solid answer before buying a different brand of memory.

Another question, if this is what is causing the error, would anyone here with an Asus motherboard please let me know what brands work well?

 

[MetaDFF]

What kind of motherboard are you using? What kind of RAM is it?

I think when ASUS says that their RAM doesn't work with their boards it is only because it's not on the Hardware Qualification List on their site. RAM is pretty standard (standardized by JEDEC) so in general it "just works".

I'm using OCZ OCZ2P800R22GK 2GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (1GBx2) Platinum Revision 2 XTC Dual Channel Kit on my P5K Deluxe board and haven't had problems with it (actually it's running dual channel with a 4GB G.Skill kit).

Have you tried reseating the RAM? or changing slots? or trying a single DIMM?

 

[Tago]

I posted on OCZ's forums asking them and they said it should work. Clearing CMOS fixed it, but the button on my board didn't work to clear it. OCZ had me reset it by removing the battery and that fixed the problem.

The Asus rep said "I've never been able to get OCZ RAM to work with one of our boards." so I thought there was a serious compatibility issue, apparently he has either never used OCZ RAM or didn't try very hard.

Everything is running smoothly now.

 

[MetaDFF]

Awesome, glad everything worked out.