- Joined
- Jul 9, 2001
- Location
- WI
The battery in my old Compaq 200mhz is dead. So whenever I unplug it, it forgets the time and date. Anyway, I unplugged to see if there were multiplier and FSB jumpers on it. When I plugged it back in, it says "Error: check time and date settings". I'm thinking no kidding. It's not 1987 like it says. Below that it says, "Error: CMOS checksum invalid (or something like that)". I think,"Crap." I press F1 to continue. It goes into Windows. I think, "Good." I do a restart. It halts after the POST (my computer has some stupid screen that replaces the POST screen). I restart again and press F4 (my BIOS key). It halts and pops up a screen that is all black with some random white spots. I restart again. Same thing (the white spots). After 5 restarts, it boots. I still can't access the BIOS now matter what I do. But about one in five times the computer will start. Any ideas as to how I can access the BIOS and/or what is up with my computer?
