Problem with K7S5A Bios

[pecel]

Just doing fresh WinXP install.
Everytime the comp complete shut down and turn on, there's a message on the Bios that say

"CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad"
F1 to run setup
F2 to load default

What's wrong here?
I already replace the battery on the mobo, still no cure.

Btw, the Mobo using BIOS release 01/12/2002
62-0112-001131-00101111-040201-Sis735-K7S5A

Any idea to cure the problem?

Thanks.

 

[DieHardware]

Did you ever hit F1 to enter BIOS set it up, then save and exit?

 

[drag]

Look in your owners manual for the board if you still have it. My old k7s5a had a problem when switching harddrives around or changing stuff like that.

There is a reset jumper around your PCI slots that you can use to reset the cmos back to defaults. You move it, hit the power button, seemingly nothing will happen, then you put it back and power up and that should do it.

 

[cchen]

try upgrading to the newest bios
this is a known problem with that board

 

[TheMasterofallFPSs]

I'm currently running this board and have had this exact problem one or twice before.

I tired to update the BIOS and the thing locked up on me every time. Ah, well. Just getting another one. (Different mobo that is.)

 

[0roo0roo]

i use the cheepo bios for it, found on google. as said above, reset, set the bios to defaults, then set settings, save bios on exit

 

[txxxx]

OCWorkbench Is home to the cheapo BIOS , which does work well.

 

[John]

Use the reference ECS bios (latest one is on top)

 

[Steven the Leech]

Originally posted by: John
Use the reference ECS bios (latest one is on top)

I agree, as I have used both and the cheapo was not stable

 

[Swanny]

I have that problem intermittantly with any BIOS I try on that board.