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jmiah15

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Need to press F2 when booting
« on: January 24, 2007, 11:20:32 PM »
To all dear friends,
How to solve this problem, pls?  

I got this message everytime while booting after adding another
256 MB,Kingston Pc2100,c.2.5 184-pin DIMM.
Message:    CMOS/GPNV  Checksum Bad
                  Press F1 to run setup
                  Press F2 to load default values and continue
I hv to press F2 everytime.I enter to setup but not sure where  the stuff is.

The PC is Soltex,2GHz,now 512MB,60GB.

Thanks all for your reply in waiting.

GX1_Man

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Re: Need to press F2 when booting
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2007, 02:14:46 AM »
Have you ever pressed F1 to see how much memory is being recognized?

patio

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Re: Need to press F2 when booting
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2007, 11:47:35 AM »
Also that CMOS battery may be weak or bad...about the size of a dime on your MBoard.

Part # CR 2032 available at any computer store.
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jmiah15

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Re: Need to press F2 when booting
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2007, 07:23:21 PM »
Yes the new memory is recognized. As u told me might be Cmos battery. thanks all

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Re: Need to press F2 when booting
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2007, 08:44:43 AM »
I would also travel to crucial.com and enter your MBoard info and make sure you have not purchased the wrong RAM...
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