Abit KT7A Bios Problem

[sdman]

Ok....I'm not sure what I did to cause this condition but I did it whatever it was. When my machine boots up I now get the message "Bios checksum error" and then at the bottom of the screen it says "F1 to continue or Del to enter setup" Problem is when I try to enter setup I get a blank screen w/blue bar across the bottom. My computer will still boot into windows and runs just fine but how do I get into my Bios?

[Starr]

Reseat your ram and see if that clears up the problem.

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Abit kt7a-raid
AMD T-Bird 900mhz
Memory Kingmax 256 MB PC 150
cpu @ 900, FSB-PCI 100/33mhz,
FSB x11 = 1.02GHz
HSF fop38-1
AGP Power Color GeForce 2MX
Creative sound blaster live MP3+
Maxtor DiamondMax plus 45 Ultra dma 100
Creative CD-Rom 52X
Samsung Floppy
KY-69 Super Cool Case
17" Relisys Monitor
OS Windows ME
I'm with the tour group!!
but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[tha_dub]

have you overclocked? If all else fails reset your bios.

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duron 800@1000 7.5 X 133
1.85v
Abit KT7A w-raid
2X 128pc133 cas2 micron
4*4*32 LG cd
30g ata100 7200 IBM
elsa gladiac geforce2mx 32mb
24c 48c

[Infoxicated]

This happened to me - the Abit bios seems bloody fragile to say the least. I solved it by clearing the cmos *and* taking the battery out for a few seconds.

At one point I was running an AGP graphics card (bog standard) and when I booted up I couldn't see the bios screen at all - so I escaped and windows booted with the most bizarre screen corruption I have seen - black trails following the mouse pointer - the whole shebang!

I had to switch back to a PCI card, and it's made me well nervous about tinkering with the board any further.

Good luck with solving your problem.

A:T:B: inFoxicated