Re: CMOS Checksum error

From: M. Warner Losh (imp_at_bsdimp.com)
Date: 10/26/04

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    Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:40:00 -0600 (MDT)
    To: jeremiah_holt@comcast.net
    
    

    In message: <XFMail.20041025164213.jeremiah_holt@comcast.net>
                jeremiah_holt@comcast.net writes:
    : I have a interresting problem. When I go to reboot my machine
    : with shutdown -r or reboot. The system reboots normally
    : until POST when I get a CMOS Checksum invalid message default
    : settings applied. However if I use halt or shutdown -h
    : and power off then back on I don't get the error and BIOS settings
    : are retained.

    Sounds like a dead CMOS battery in an older system. Or at least a
    marginal one.

    Warner
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