Ed said:
Ed said:
A7N8X v2.00 (non-deluxe version)
BIOS 1004 (system is 16 months old)
Barton 2800+
After clearing the CMOS I was getting...
CMOS Checksum Error: Using BIOS Defaults!
F1 to continue, DEL for Setup
If I tried to save the BIOS it wouldn't boot up at all, I figured the
BIOS took a crap. As a last resort I took out the Barton CPU and put a
Palomino 2000+ in and it worked, so I put the Barton back in and... it's
all set up and back to normal like nothing was ever wrong, is that crazy
or what?!?!
Cheers,
Ed
Next time try "Reset Configuration Data" [Enabled] and
the BIOS will re-enumerate all hardware. The ESCD stores
knowledge about hardware config, and if corrupted the BIOS
will misbehave. Reset Configuration Data should fix it.
I believe it executes once, so the next time you enter
the BIOS, it will be back to [Disabled] on its own.
Paul
Ya I thought about that, but in this BIOS there is no simple "Reset
Configuration Data" option, I've never seen a BIOS not have that option
outside of a DELL or HP. ;p
In the "A7N8X" PDF manual on 2-13 they mention reset data configurations
and on 2-22 of the PDF it shows a Auto or Manual setting for ESCD. I
guess I have to dig deeper?
Ed
Funny. The option is present in the original A7N8X manuals
(E1170/E1177) and goes missing in the A7N8X-E manual. I guess
the option got dropped along the way.
The other thing that is funny, is in typical AMI style, you
are supposed to turn it on for a cycle, and go back into the
BIOS after the next POST, and turn it off again. I think on
an Award BIOS, you enable it, and it clears itself after ESCD
is reloaded. So, you only have to go into the BIOS once, with
the Award approach, and twice with the AMI approach.
(This manual is for AMI 8 series BIOS...)
http://www.megatrends.com/support/doc/MAN-EZP-80.pdf
I guess every option in the BIOS is purely arbitrary
Here one day, gone the next.
Flashing the BIOS is one sure way to clear DMI/ESCD.
Of course, you aren't likely to want to do that, if the
processor isn't behaving itself. Sounds like another job
for the BIOS Savior.
Paul
