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Henk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> If i power on my computer it says: Bad checksum. Press F2 to enter
> BIOS setup. If i press F2 my computer will start up, but when i want
> to enter the BIOS setup after reboot, the main setup screen flashes on
> the screens once and then the screen turns black and the monitor goes
> into stand by. Only power off - power on will restart the computer.
> 
> How can i solve this problem. I have to make some BIOS settings. I
> don't know exactly what type the main board is, but i do know it is an
> AMI MB with an AMI bios and a Intel 440 LX chipset and the code is
> 61-0118-004500-00111111-071595-440LX-PPLX0118-H. I also don't have the
> manual. I tried to search the AMI.com site, but no help there.
> 
> Please help me.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Henk.

You can try clearing the CMOS.  Every motherboard I have used provides 
either jumper pins or solder dots that can be shorted for that purpose. 
  You may go blind finding it, but if it's there it's labelled something 
like "Clear CMOS".  You will naturally want to *unplug* the computer 
before doing any poking around.

Another poster (George MacDonald) has pointed out that a labelled short 
point may not exist and in that case, the only thing you can do is to 
take out the battery, short things randomly, and hope for the best.  I 
actually don't know why removing the battery and shorting "it's" 
connector wouldn't be guaranteed to work.  If George MacDonald is 
reading this, maybe he can answer that.