A few people have posted for you to replace or at least check the CMOS battery. Have you done that? This is the FIRST thing you must do before anything else is done. The BIOS will loose it's memory (and therefore all settings) if the battery is bad. You can still boot the PC up, you just have go into the BIOS setup every time and reset all the settings to what they should be for your specific hardware configuration. (At least you can with a typical NON NAME BRAND PC).
Of course you would get any BIOS updates from Tyan's website. You sound like you might be new to computers so I would definitely not try and flash the BIOS, and of course it's not needed if all you need is a new battery. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To all BIOS Experts: I sure would appreciate any suggestions as to how to recover from a checksum failure of my BIOS. See the original post below. Wally On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:38:39 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi: > When turned on, the computer screen shows this > message: ROM BIOS checksum failure. > > The A: drive is still recognized and the computer will boot > to an a: prompt. The c: drive is not recognized. > > The computer is 2 years old with a tyan S 1854 ATX motherboard and > a Pent3 600 cpu. 128 Mb. The hard drive has windows 98 SE. > > Admittedly the information is sketchy but I am looking > for suggestions for the best next step. > > The machine has never been on-line and never had any > downloaded programs installed. A couple of store > purchased programs have been installed > > With only the A: drive, is it possible to try to flash the > ROM BIOS. Where do I get the BIOS update info and > the flash program? > > With the BIOS losing its memory, is it a better idea to > purchase a replacement BIOS? Where is the best > place to find a replacement or an update? > > Any and all help appreciated. > > Wally ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
