Yet Another PC Help Thread

Duppin · 10-08-2006, 09:34 PM

Hey everyone, hoping some of you smarter PC people can help me figure out what the fuck is going on with my PC.

It was running fine until about a month and a half ago or so when I moved it to a new case.

Specs are:

DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 Clawhammer 3500+ CPU
2x512mb Corsair PC3200 Memory
ASUS EN6600/TD/128 Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3000JB 300GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W Power Supply

(yes I know the video card is crap, it's getting replaced soon)

Now, whenever I boot the PC up, I have to reset the CMOS using a CMOS Clear jumper before it'll boot up, or else the diagnostic LEDs (the equivalent of POST codes I guess) stop after just one has gone off and the machine will never boot up.

If I restart after having cleared the CMOS, the machine'll boot up, say "CMOS Checksum Error, Defaults Reloaded" and then boot up just fine. But the next time I reboot, whether I make any changes in the BIOS or not, it goes back to the exact same behavior.

Anyone have any clue what might be causing this? Once I get the machine to boot up, it runs rock-solid (it'll stay on as long as I want it to, I've had it running for two weeks without rebooting with no problems).

WarderX · 10-09-2006, 10:07 AM

Shot in the dark really, but perhaps the little battery died, the one on the motherboard. I THINK that battery is responsible for keeping the bios (flash) memory from being wiped on power downs.

Guild Lackey · 10-10-2006, 03:05 AM

I think its a good time to buy a new motherboard. Pretty sure WarderX is right, if not that, your mobo is fucked in some other fashion.

10-08-2006, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Duppin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,319 -17 Internets	Yet Another PC Help Thread Hey everyone, hoping some of you smarter PC people can help me figure out what the fuck is going on with my PC. It was running fine until about a month and a half ago or so when I moved it to a new case. Specs are: DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 Clawhammer 3500+ CPU 2x512mb Corsair PC3200 Memory ASUS EN6600/TD/128 Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card Western Digital Caviar SE WD3000JB 300GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W Power Supply (yes I know the video card is crap, it's getting replaced soon) Now, whenever I boot the PC up, I have to reset the CMOS using a CMOS Clear jumper before it'll boot up, or else the diagnostic LEDs (the equivalent of POST codes I guess) stop after just one has gone off and the machine will never boot up. If I restart after having cleared the CMOS, the machine'll boot up, say "CMOS Checksum Error, Defaults Reloaded" and then boot up just fine. But the next time I reboot, whether I make any changes in the BIOS or not, it goes back to the exact same behavior. Anyone have any clue what might be causing this? Once I get the machine to boot up, it runs rock-solid (it'll stay on as long as I want it to, I've had it running for two weeks without rebooting with no problems).

10-10-2006, 03:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Guild Lackey Samurai Blue Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Omaha Posts: 334 +0 Internets	I think its a good time to buy a new motherboard. Pretty sure WarderX is right, if not that, your mobo is fucked in some other fashion. __________________

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10-09-2006, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +1 Internets	Shot in the dark really, but perhaps the little battery died, the one on the motherboard. I THINK that battery is responsible for keeping the bios (flash) memory from being wiped on power downs.