bios issue with Asus P5K dlx

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I fitted a new motherboard yesterday, but cant seem to get rid of the message CMOS CHECKSUM BAD when booting. Ive tried 3 different bios but none help. Ive also removed ram and sata hdd's but still get the error. I aslo did a fresh install of vista 64 which is running without issues.

please help..pulling my hair out over this!!

q6600 GO watercooled

P5k deluxe

G.skill pc2-6400 2x1gig

 

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Sounds like a corrupted BIOS to me - try taking the battery out for 60 seconds and then completing a full CMOS reset.

Then try different components (ram, cpu etc) and see if swapping any of those out helps.

 

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thanks for the reply mav.

very strange!! took ram out of socket 1 and put in the stick from socket 3(only running with 1gig ) and it boots without issues?! i guess 1 stick is faulty, except it worked fine in my old asus motherboard......more expence!