Bad Checksum Error-Revisited

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Randomly, on a normal reboot, BIOS POST's a "Bad Checksum Error". It will
then reload bios from cdrom. This happens maybe 3 times in a month.
ALL settings are stock speeds, no overclocking. Hyperthreading enabled.
My previous post here 1 month ago, it had happened only the one time. It
seems like its going to happen regularly albeit randomly.

Asus P4P800
Kingston HyperX 512MB Dual Channel PC3200 2X256
Enermax 350W P/S +5=32a +3.3=32A +12=26a
Maxtor 160GB HDD

Factory Bios ver 1.009 (not updated)

 

[The Black Wibble]

Randomly, on a normal reboot, BIOS POST's a "Bad Checksum Error". It will
then reload bios from cdrom. This happens maybe 3 times in a month.
ALL settings are stock speeds, no overclocking. Hyperthreading enabled.
My previous post here 1 month ago, it had happened only the one time. It
seems like its going to happen regularly albeit randomly.

Asus P4P800
Kingston HyperX 512MB Dual Channel PC3200 2X256
Enermax 350W P/S +5=32a +3.3=32A +12=26a
Maxtor 160GB HDD

Factory Bios ver 1.009 (not updated)

It is a BIOS issue. I had that same problem with my P4C800-ED. Updating the BIOS to the latest version which
is 1.014 fixed it. The lastest version for the P4P800 is 1.012 but the release date is quite recent. Try it.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4P800

Tony.

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3GHz P4 (HT enabled)
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller
ADI AD1985 audio
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0)
2x 512MB Kingston PC3500
2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors
52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer
16x Pioneer DVD-120S
Enermax 550W PSU
Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora
PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window
Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD

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I'm using NTFS. Which bios update should I use: afudos OR EZ Flash?
Thanks

It is a BIOS issue. I had that same problem with my P4C800-ED. Updating

the BIOS to the latest version which

is 1.014 fixed it. The lastest version for the P4P800 is 1.012 but the

release date is quite recent. Try it.

 

[The Black Wibble]

I'm using NTFS. Which bios update should I use: afudos OR EZ Flash?
Thanks

I use afudos. Just format a diskette with the "Create MS-DOS Startup disk" option ticked, extract afudos and
the bios image to it, reboot on to the diskette, and enter the comand: afudos /iP4P81012.ami. After the flash
process is complete, remove the diskette and reboot.

Tony.
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3GHz P4 (HT enabled)
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller
ADI AD1985 audio
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0)
2x 512MB Kingston PC3500
2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors
52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer
16x Pioneer DVD-120S
Enermax 550W PSU
Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora
PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window
Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD

To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz

 

[Dominick LoGiudice]

I had this on a7v333 I thought the board was screwed . I was able to
fix it by a combination of these
1. I had k-byte ram 2700 and I changed to crucial 2700 ram

2. unplug and remove battery and clear cmos

3. I flashed bios using aflash, because when I did it using the
onscreen method it said something about
boot block , So I used aflash (dos boot and aflash .exe with bios file)
4. I had only one hard drive it was master and i changed it to cable
select.

one of these or all did the trick

 

[Dave Larner]

I met with this checksum error problem on a recently purchased ASUS
P4P800. At every power on a checksum error message appeared. The only
way to boot the PC was to insert the original motherboard CD. To cure
the problem I upgraded the BIOS to version v1014 which is available
from: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4P800.

You must use the new 'dos' flash utility included with the download
and not either of those originally supplied.

Since the upgrade absolutely no problems.

Dave L