Asus A7n8X deluke error

[Drmark]

Hello all.

I have been haveing a continoues error message upon boot up.
I keep getting a Bios Check Sum Error which causes me
to have to flash the bios everytime.

What could be the cause of this?

 

[Viper96720]

You didn't mess it up with all the flashing? I would try a new bios chip if its removable and not soldered on. The bios code could be damaged or a bad bios chip. Only other thing I could think of would be having the clear cmos jumper set wrong.

 

[Drmark]

It isn't the bios chip.
Could it be a bad cmos battery?
That is the only thing I can think of.

 

[TourGuide]

to have to flash the bios everytime

YIKES! Gads man, you don't want to have to flash the BIOS any more than is ABSOLUTELY necessary. There is a real danger of messing the BIOS up when you flash LOTS of times.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't a Checksum error a sign of major trouble?

 

[Drmark]

I need to correct myself there.
It has not done it in the past few days.
But I am afraid that it may do it again.
If it does istead of racking my brain would it be worth just getting am RMA?

 

[Viper96720]

I doubt the battery would be bad. Especially since it's a new board

 

[TourGuide]

I'll second the notion about the battery being good. HIGHLY unlikely on a new board.

 

[Drmark]

I went ahead and changed the battery as per ASUS tech support.
They told me to give it a few days and see what happens.
If it does it again they are gonna send me a new one.