Asus P4R800VM CMOS Checksum Error = Dead System

I was trying to fix a system freezing problem discussed he

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...2a4ee5145e9f43

After trying many different things to fix the freezing problem, I had
walked away from it after doing a hard shut down, and then when I came
back a few hours later, it was dead. No video, no floppy
activity--just the basic spin up of the hard drive and system fans.

After trying many other things to bring a dead system back to life, I
saw that by booting up and holding down the DEL key, I had a "CMOS
Checksum Error" down at the bottom of the screen. None of the keys
worked from that point on.

The Asus P4R800-VM board is about 9 months old, and it had been working
normally (except for the freezing) all that time. I was doing a lot of
messing with drivers, XP system rollbacks, and removing PCI boards, but
I hadn't touched the BIOS before it died.

The board is on its way back to Asus, and I will post whatever they
tell me about the problem, but now I am wondering if it could have been
something as simple as a dead battery. Prior to noticing the CMOS
checksum error, but after the system had died, I did try taking the
battery out, and putting it back in. If that is the problem, I am
going to feel pretty foolish.

Here is the exact board I have:

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...m/overview.htm

BrianEWilliams wrote:
I was trying to fix a system freezing problem discussed he

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...2a4ee5145e9f43

After trying many different things to fix the freezing problem, I had
walked away from it after doing a hard shut down, and then when I came
back a few hours later, it was dead. No video, no floppy
activity--just the basic spin up of the hard drive and system fans.

After trying many other things to bring a dead system back to life, I
saw that by booting up and holding down the DEL key, I had a "CMOS
Checksum Error" down at the bottom of the screen. None of the keys
worked from that point on.

The Asus P4R800-VM board is about 9 months old, and it had been working
normally (except for the freezing) all that time. I was doing a lot of
messing with drivers, XP system rollbacks, and removing PCI boards, but
I hadn't touched the BIOS before it died.

The board is on its way back to Asus, and I will post whatever they
tell me about the problem, but now I am wondering if it could have been
something as simple as a dead battery. Prior to noticing the CMOS
checksum error, but after the system had died, I did try taking the
battery out, and putting it back in. If that is the problem, I am
going to feel pretty foolish.

Here is the exact board I have:

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...m/overview.htm


Did you try using the CMOS clear jumper?

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Tech support didn't mention that. Live and learn.

Turns out the motherboard was bad. They exchanged it for a new one.