Clint:
Thanks for your reply. I only recorded one
previous reply to my message and I did then check the
battery. It had more than three volts, and was good. I
should have mentioned that in my last message. I was
hoping to find someone who had experienced a failed
ROM BIOS and could advise how they recovered from it.
At turn-on, the only message is that the ROM BIOS
checksum has failed. There is no way to get to the CMOS
set up by pressing delete etc. All you can do is boot to
the prompt from the A: drive. The c: drive is not seen and
when you try to extract information to the A: drive, the
computer will not let you write to it. ( I tried to use a CMOS
save and recovery program).
My access to the Internet is tenuous with Juno and a slow
486 computer, but I will try, and see what information I can
get from the Tyan web site.
Wally
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:59:49 -0500 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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
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