Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A CMOS checksum error happens when your computer can't read important startup data. Restarting ...

QUESTION: When I start my computer it stays black on the monitor, but the PC just beeps, getting higher in pitch. Then it stops beeping and it does nothing - it is on but it just sits there until I ...

I powered up my slightly modified secondary rig, after reinstalling the CPU and after if had been off for the last month. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... banshee razz ...

Hiya,<BR><BR>This sounds like an empty cmos battery. I work as a tech for a computerstore and we also sell ECS mobo's. They tend to mess up with the batteries and on occasion the board is just plain ...