Re: "CMOS checksum error" and upgrading the BIOS [SOLVED]

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 09:25, Joey Hess wrote:
> > My OpenBrick will no longer cold boot without displaying the message
> > "CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded" and waiting for a keystroke.
> I have the same problem but I only see it if the system is off of power
> for an hour or so. Makes traveling with my openbrick quite annoying. :-(
> I assume it's probably the battery.

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 02:56, Thomas Arendsen Hein wrote: 
> The problem is not the BIOS Flash ROM, but the BIOS settings in the
> battery backed up CMOS RAM. Maybe replacing the battery helps.

Yes, replacing the battery fixed the problem!  Thanks!

In all these years of building computers I've never had a CMOS battery
fail, and had completely forgotten about them.  I guess I also expected
them to be a thing of the past, now with nonvolatile memory being so
inexpensive.

Thanks again,
Fred