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*SOLVED!* Corrupted Bios! Cmos Battery / Flash Didn't Work!

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foodfightr

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Ok, setting up a new system and I turn it on and get "Bios ROM checksum error." It then looks for a CD to boot from and says "Pass" then it says loading AWDFlash.exe, so I popped in the asus cd and it flashes the bios. Pressed 'enter' for restart after, same problem- same cycle.

SOLVED Turns out it was one of the 1GB sticks that was bad, 2x1GB (not working), 1x1GB (not working) and 1x1GB (working).

Tested in BOTH the new and an old system, same 1GB worked in each, same 1GB didn't work in each.
 
I had the exact same problem on a different mobo yesterday. MSI K7D it was. I flashed the BIOS to the latest version and after that instead of an error on the screen i got absolutely nothing. Due to my CPU being a sempron probably.

If you got that board brand new then yes RMA it.
 
Dont know since i live in britain, but i cant see why they would send you a refurb. You have recieved a broken item from them, it would be in their best interests to send you a brand new one and not risk sending another busted mobo. I would imagine you will get a new one, ebuyer and overclockers.co.uk send new items when i RMA things to them.
 
i had a similar problem a couple weeks ago. i tried flashing my evga mobo's bios, and when i went to reboot, no post, nothing. so i called evga, and after i told them what happened, they sent me a new bios chip, got here in about a week. so you might want to try calling your mobo manufacturer before you rma your entire board.

or it could just be a bad board 🙁
 
try one stick of cheap 256MB RAM

try (SIS/TRident) PCI vidcard

Oh, I forgot, no one keps anything around to troubleshoot stuff.
Silly me.
 
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