Bad BIOS Checksum

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There is a battery on the motherboard that maintainf BIS contents. It sounds
like it may need replacing.



"swc4" <swc4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:90B7C352-AD2C-489F-BFF1-87C3CD57903E@microsoft.com...
>I have two recurring problems
>
> First one - when booting up i get the following and have to press reset
> button:
>
> Bad BIOS Checksum performing BIOS recovery
> Checking Floppy , floppy not found
> Checking CD-Rom, CD-Rom not found
> Checking Floppy , floppy not found
> Checking CD-Rom, CD-Rom not found
> Checking Floppy , floppy not found
> Checking CD-Rom, CD-Rom not found
> Checking Floppy , floppy not found
> Checking CD-Rom, CD-Rom not found
> Checking Floppy , floppy not found
> Checking CD-Rom, CD-Rom not found
> etc
> etc
>
> Second one - when booting up i get the following and have to press reset
> button:
>
> When booting up PC The monitor shows NO SIGNAL
>
> I switch on power at front of system unit then a few seconds later switch
> the power button on for the monitor:
>
> the monitor shows NO SIGNAL and nothing happens. I have to reset the PC
> then
> it is ok. I have checked all connections and all seems fine !!
>
> I have also tried swithing on monitor first then PC but problem still
> occurs.
>
> For bothe the above issues i have contacted MESH the vendor who have
> suggested various things including resetting BIOS defaults. None have
> worked.
> I even sent it back to base to be fixed, and it came back with the same
> errors !!
>
> Can anyone suggest how these problems can be resolved?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve
>
>
>