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| 163000 | 2003-07-26 08:07:00 | Hi, Can anybody help here please. 1 month old computer 2.4GHz intel Gigabyte m/board 512Mb DDR For the last week it has not been booting properly. From cold boot in the morning, no problem. But if it is shutdown & restarted within an hour or just restarted after installing anything I get the following message at reboot. I get a buzzing noise then this appears onscreen Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0 BIOS ROM Checksum error Detecting Floppy drive A media INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER Almost seems like the BIOS has forgotten where the hard drive is. If the system is left off for over an hour, no whining noise & it boots ok, but sometimes says CPU is not detected properly but it boots & goes ok. I've replaced the battery, & done all the usual. Any ideas Thanks |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 163001 | 2003-07-26 10:05:00 | Sometimes you get that error if a floppy disk is left in the drive and then the system is rebooted. Have you tried making the hard drive the first thing to boot? E.g hda0, cdrom, floppy??? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 163002 | 2003-07-26 12:23:00 | Thanks PoWa, yep 1st thing I did was to boot from hd0, floppy, CDRom. I've tried just about everything, & wonder if the BIOS is crook. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 163003 | 2003-07-26 13:11:00 | A new power supply too? What wattage? Power supplies can cause some wierd problems too. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 163004 | 2003-07-26 22:15:00 | This one seems easy to me, but the Bios Checksum means you need a new CMOS battery, dont ask me why, but for seven dollars you can fix this error. If the second error occurs after a battery swap then get into BIOS and check that the first boot device is floppy the second is CDROM and the third is Hard Drive zero. PS check the cable is firmed fro the HD to the M/B |
skinnerjack (4296) | ||
| 163005 | 2003-07-26 23:53:00 | Thanks guys I had already tried your suggestions before posting the problem. 1. Power supply is a new 320w & I have tried another one, same result. 2. Have already tried a new battery which reset the BIOS to default boot order. 3. Had the video card out & checked it is seated properly, removed hd drive cable & reconnected. When the buzzing sound starts at post the onscreen error comes up & I can't access the BIOS. All I can do is press enter when it asks for the disk which just repeats the error message & asks for the system disk again. The only way I can get into the BIOS is to leave it off for an hour & try again & then I can usually get into the BIOS check everything & it will boot. Really weird. I'm reluctant to say it is a dodgy m/board or BIOS because the problem is the same every time & when it finally cranks up it runs flawlessly. It's got me Stumped Badly. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 163006 | 2003-07-27 01:03:00 | I'm tempted to call it the motherboard myself. As the BIOS is consulted only on startup, if it gets through that, then you are bound to have no problems. It looks like you have done a great job in eliminating the other possible causes, so you may have to make a call for a replacement. Sorry I can't be of any further assistance there. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 163007 | 2003-07-27 04:32:00 | At a month, why are you spending time on it? That's what guarantees are for. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 163008 | 2003-07-27 06:15:00 | Unfortunately Graham I'm the one supplying the guarantee, I built it myself. I'm trying to track down the problem so I can get a replacement for whatever it is that needs replaced. Could it be the hard drive not responding properly to the BIOS call? Thanks |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 163009 | 2003-07-27 08:17:00 | is there a short under the board by a pillar mount? also check for leaking Capacitors on the M/B |
skinnerjack (4296) | ||
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