Re: warning,0251: system CMOS checksum bad??

[freestyle]

do these changes overwrite anything that i should backup??

>-----Original Message-----
>"freestyle" > wrote in
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>
>> on switching on my laptop, running on windows xp, i'm
met
>> with a warning message: 0251: system CMOS checksum bad
>> ?? ?
>> anyone suggest what i can do?
>>
>
>0251: System CMOS checksum bad - Default configuration
used
>Press <f1> to Setup, <f2> to Resume
>
>Press F1 to enter SETUP
>Press F5 to reset BIOS defaults.
>Press F10 to exit SETUP saving your changes.
>Press ENTER to confirm the save.
>.
>

[Peter Hutchison]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 08:22:29 -0700, "freestyle"
> wrote:

>on switching on my laptop, running on windows xp, i'm met
>with a warning message: 0251: system CMOS checksum bad
>?? ?
>anyone suggest what i can do?

Press Key into BIOS, recheck BIOS settings and resave settings, if it
goes bad again, then I suggest replacing the on-board battery which
may be running out of juice...

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/winfaqs.html