Thanks Tom, Time was the anwser. I left the jumper on overnight and the next
day I was able to get right in. Now I have another problem. It won't
reconize my hard drive or floppy drive. All the settings in CMOS are
correct. The ribbon cables are new and are pin 1 aligned. The power cables
are aligned & solidly connected.The floppy access light comes on but I get a
A drive failure message. (Brand new Floppy) The hard drive spins up, but it
reports its not there. Any ideas, besides getting a new motherboard?

Bill M. Smith
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> Hi Bill,
> Two quick ideas.  Did you set the reset jumper for enough time?  Seems I
> recall it takes a moment or two to drain the charge.  Idea 2 - does your
> keyboard work?  I have successfully entered CMOS using DEL key in these
> same circumstances on some motherboards, but I have on other occasions
> stumbled around to no effect until I realized the keyboard was
> not working.
> Tom Turak
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> ON APRIL 21 YOU WROTE:
> >I'am putting together a computer from old spare parts for my son.When I
> >booted it up I got a "CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR", Press F-2 To Enter Setup.