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On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]

Flat CMOS battery?

Any other causes?

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- Nic.

In article <>, e says...
>
> On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
> Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]
>
> Flat CMOS battery?
>
> Any other causes?
>
>

Yes, I got that intermittently from a mobo where one of the bridge-
controller chips had gone on the blink. Fiddling with the battery might
clear it, might not, a few days later the ide controller stopped working
reliably alltogether (mostly not).

-P.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:33:55 +1300, Peter Huebner <>
wrote in <news: et>:

> In article <>, e says...
>>
>> On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
>> Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]
>>
>> Flat CMOS battery?
>>
>> Any other causes?
>>
>
> Yes, I got that intermittently from a mobo where one of the bridge-
> controller chips had gone on the blink. Fiddling with the battery might
> clear it, might not, a few days later the ide controller stopped working
> reliably alltogether (mostly not).
>
> -P.

Thanks for the response, Peter. I have replaced the battery and I hope
that's an end to it. I really don't fancy the thought of the southbridge
chip going west (so to speak) and needing to replace the motherboard.
That would be a pain both in the arse and in the wallet.

We shall see what happens over the next few days. Hear soaping.

--
- Nic.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <> wrote
in <news:36jss5->:

> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>> On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
>> Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]
>>
>> Flat CMOS battery?
>>
>> Any other causes?
>>
>
> almost certainly.
>
> regards
>
> Thing

Thanks - confirms what I thought. Replaced.

--
- Nic.
(with fingers crossed)

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:18:04 +1300, ~misfit~ <>
wrote in <news:>:

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Nicolaas Hawkins" typed:
>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <>
>> wrote in <news:36jss5->:
>>
>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>>> On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
>>>> Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]
>>>>
>>>> Flat CMOS battery?
>>>>
>>>> Any other causes?
>>>
>>> almost certainly.
>>
>> Thanks - confirms what I thought. Replaced.
>
> Yeah, with luck that should be it. As Peter mentioned, it can be an omen of
> imminent failure of mobo components but, IME 90% of the time it's simply
> fixed with a new CR-2032.

Yes, I replaced the battery immediately - I keep several new ones on hand
(they are cheap enough) 'coz I replace them as a matter of routine on any
service jobs I do. As I said to Peter, I don't want to even THINK about
the idea of a muttiboard needing replaced - not a huge job, but
nevertheless a pain in arse and wallet.


--
- Nic.

Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <> wrote
> in <news:36jss5->:
>
>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>> On Bootup CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR, DEFAULTS LOADED
>>> Press F1 to continue ... [blah-de-blah]
>>>
>>> Flat CMOS battery?
>>>
>>> Any other causes?
>>>
>> almost certainly.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Thing
>
> Thanks - confirms what I thought. Replaced.

I have had constant cmos errors from a dodgey power supply that wouldnt
always boot first time.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:32:40 +1300, Southern Kiwi
<> wrote in
<news:>:

> Richard wrote:
>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <> wrote
>>>
>
> has anyone ever posted a "slow question" here ???

Certainly. Most of Woger's questions are quite slow.

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- Nic.

On 21 Oct 2008 09:25:31 +1300, aspir8or <> wrote in
<news:48fce93b$>:

> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:08:31 +1300, Nicolaas Hawkins propped his eyelids
> open with toothpicks and wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:32:40 +1300, Southern Kiwi
>> <> wrote in
>> <news:>:
>>
>>> Richard wrote:
>>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <>
>>>>> wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> has anyone ever posted a "slow question" here ???
>>
>> Certainly. Most of Woger's questions are quite slow.
>
> He's quick to call anyone a teenager though.

That's simple projection of wishful thinking.

Otherwise it's a case of 1200bps fingers driven by 300bps thought
processes.

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- Nic.

On 21 Oct 2008 11:30:53 +1300, aspir8or <> wrote in
<news:48fd069d$>:

> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:40:26 +1300, Nicolaas Hawkins propped his eyelids
> open with toothpicks and wrote:
>
>> On 21 Oct 2008 09:25:31 +1300, aspir8or <> wrote in
>> <news:48fce93b$>:
>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:08:31 +1300, Nicolaas Hawkins propped his
>>> eyelids open with toothpicks and wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:32:40 +1300, Southern Kiwi
>>>> <> wrote in
>>>> <news:>:
>>>>
>>>>> Richard wrote:
>>>>>> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:48:36 +1300, thing2 <>
>>>>>>> wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> has anyone ever posted a "slow question" here ???
>>>>
>>>> Certainly. Most of Woger's questions are quite slow.
>>>
>>> He's quick to call anyone a teenager though.
>>
>> That's simple projection of wishful thinking.
>>
>> Otherwise it's a case of 1200bps fingers driven by 300bps thought
>> processes.
>
> 300bps? In my day we had to chisel out the ones and zeros onto blocks of
> granite. We were lucky if we got 300bits per month, and that was working
> in relays.

Sic transit gloria mundi

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- Nic.