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.When
I
>press F-2, nothing happens. It won't let me into setup. How can I fix the
>checksum error if it won't let me into setup? I tried to clear the CMOS
>Settings with the Clear CMOS Jumper but when I turned it back on I got the
>same message.
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Bill M. Smith
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