BIOS Checksum Error?

[eldorado99]

When I start up my friends computer it says BIOS Checksum error and says to insert system disk to continue, also floppy drive error. All in a black screen that seems to appear after the Graphics card bios screen but before the screen that allows you to enter the main system bios. What is wrong with this computer? It worked fine before he shut it down and brought it over to my house.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, Ask your Buddy if the system was losing the time and/or date before the actual trouble. That seems to be a design feature in the BIOS/Clock to warn you of a failing battery. Remove the battery and check it with a voltmeter. If it is below about 2.8 volts it may be the problem. When the battery gets too low the BIOS parameters are lost. Radio Shack has the batt. Jim

 

[eldorado99]

I tried replacing the battery but it gives the same error message and wants me to insert a system disk after saying "detecting floppy drive A" and at the top of the screen aboce the bios checksum error its says "Award Bios v. (some number)" I am really stuck here.

 

[eldorado99]

bump

 

[Big Lar]

Check the boot order in bios as to what is booted from first. Sounds like bios was reverted to defaults, and needs some tweaking.

 

[eldorado99]

Thats the thing, I can't even get into the bios...

 

[eldorado99]

It all happens before the computer asks me if I want to go into the bios.

 

[TorxT3D]

im having the same problems with both my old msi board and the one i just got.

im thinking my psu blew em out.

any help on this topic will be much appreciated by me too.

 

[eldorado99]

I guess no one has the answer....

 

[Sunbird]

Can you give us more info on your friends system?

My socket a motherboard always gives the sme kind of error with any older thunderbird or Duron chip I put in it. But it works without a problem with Athlon XP's.

Hope that helps.

 

[eldorado99]

My friend's system is a GA-7VAX, A-XP 2200+, GF4-MX 128MB, 40G Maxtor 2 MB cache, 350W PWR supply, 768 MB DDR 333.