I had the same problem dealing with a DTK PRM-23 I and after some attempts I
realized the jumper that selects NORMAL or CLEAR CMOS , had fallen down, as
if you were clearing the CMOS every time you boot. When I put bthe jumper in
place every thing was OK.
Hope it helps
Roberto Safora
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Hallett <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 11:04 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] "bios check sum error"


> New Soyo SY-K7VIA board with 128mb  of PC100 and Athlon 600.  Guide says
> this should run.  Hard disk floppy and cd are connected to the board and
of
> course the video card.
>
> When it is asked to boot it does not but gives this message then goes to
the
> floppy and asks for a system disk.
>
> What dos "bios check sum error" mean.
>
> Thankyou.
>
> Rick
>
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