jimras Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I had a "checksum error" when I booted up this morning.It asked to load the defaults and I said "OK" and all is running fine.What exactly is a checksum error and why did I get one?What do I have to worry about here?Thanks, experts!!jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Usually the sign of a dead or dying CMOS battery on the motherboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Thanks TTI know where the battery is...........is there anything special I need to know about changing thator is it just basically, hook up my grounding strap, and take out the old one and put in the new one.Any thing else I should be aware of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cherokeechief Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 just besure to unplug the tower before opening it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I just unplug the power and pop it out. Don't forget to reset the BIOS settings after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 i found checksun error can be caused by several things[1] floppy not connected properly [2] in my case i had the k-board and mouse in the wrong holeshardware notseated properly marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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