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  • 02-04-2006 4:43pm
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    tom thumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭


    just installed my new mobo Abit IC7 and 3.0ghz cpu into a case from peats powered her up but it wont let me enter the bios it says at the bottom of the page " cpu unworkable please check CPU soft menu" does any know where i should go from here. thanks in advance


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    Optikus
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    Take the cpu out of the board then take out the the battery and turn on the power for a sec, this should reset the board completly, replace the battery and make sure your CPU is seated and locked in correctly into the motherboard. See if this fix's the prob.


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    tom thumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭tom thumb


    thanks i'll give it a go just one thing when you refer to the battery do you mean the cmos


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    Optikus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭Optikus


    Yet the CMOS battery on your motherboard. If that doesn't solve the problem for you it could be down to a faulty BIOS chip and you might have to get the board RMA'd. Was the board brought new BTW?


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Sounds like somebody had overclocked settings on that board, If a CMOS clear doesnt do it, its a corrupt Bios, You could hot flash it if you wanted, but Peats should have to deal with it


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    tom thumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭tom thumb


    i bought the mobo and cpu on ebay i'm keeping my fingers crossed.


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    L31mr0d
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    Ouch!!! Off ebay, please tell me it was from a powerseller or an ebay store. I would never buy a CPU off ebay, you don't know what they could of done to it. It might just be a simple CMOS reset though. Let us know how it goes. Have you got the manual for your mobo? you might just try resetting the CMOS jumper first


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    WizZard
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    Try this.


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    tom thumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭tom thumb


    i took out the cmos battery for about 5 minutes and put it back i'm now getting a reading at the bottom of the page saying "CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded" it still won't let me enter the bios should i try taking out the battery again and boot up without it?


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    Sparky
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    That sounds normal, it should just stay like that untill a user input, it should also say DEL to enter BIOS

    Some boards have a jumper to reset the bios, it saves you removing the battery.


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    riptide
    Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭riptide


    tom thumb wrote:
    i took out the cmos battery for about 5 minutes and put it back i'm now getting a reading at the bottom of the page saying "CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded" it still won't let me enter the bios should i try taking out the battery again and boot up without it?
    TOM... I got the Max 3 edition... pity i didn't see this post earlier save you some time... Spark is right... you HAVE to enter the bios on changing or putting in new CPU. Thats all !Just hit DEL.. and confirm the settings and reboot.... should work then.

    It looks a bit daunting when it won't boot... it doesn't explicitly direct you to go into the BIOS.


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    B00MSTICK
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    Yea go into the BIOS, then Load Optimised Defaults should do the trick


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    tom thumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭tom thumb


    finally got it thanks everyone for your help


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    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,993 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    conzymaher wrote:
    Sounds like somebody had overclocked settings on that board, If a CMOS clear doesnt do it, its a corrupt Bios, You could hot flash it if you wanted, but Peats should have to deal with it

    Why should Peats have to deal with it?


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    eo980 wrote:
    Why should Peats have to deal with it?

    Because he originally said this:
    just installed my new mobo Abit IC7 and 3.0ghz cpu into a case from peats

    Before he said that he bought the Motherboard from Ebay.

    I thought he bought it all from Peats:o

    Peats are not to blame

    GO Peats GO Peats:D


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    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,993 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Heh Heh - Fair enough. I read it differently, that he just put the mobo and cpu into a case.
    Not too worry, I'm just a tad highly strung at the moment. I had the customer from hell tonight, refused to leave the shop even though we were locked up. Twas screaming and ranting at me and the guys, almost missed my train due to the bunt!


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