Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:40:00 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jeremiah_holt@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMOS Checksum error Message-ID: <20041025.204000.118529340.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20041025164213.jeremiah_holt@comcast.net> References: <XFMail.20041025162937.jeremiah_holt@comcast.net> <XFMail.20041025164213.jeremiah_holt@comcast.net>
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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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