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by dualinlinememorymodule

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Hey I Go To Turn My Computer On And Press D To Enter The BIOS And Get This Error

BIOS Cannot Read From CMOS "Ignore Abort Fail"
When I Try To Press Either One My Computer Loads The BIOS Flashes 3 Times And Exit Making 3 Beeps When The 3 FlashesOccur

I Have Tryed Updating My BIOS And That Didn't Work AWDFLASH

I Contacted Microsoft And They Suggestested To Check My Jumpers On My Board Which I Did
They Also Suggested That A Virus May Entered RAM And Is Affected BIOS

I Contacted My Manufacture And They Have No Ideas

Microsoft Is Going To Phone Me Tomorrow Afternoon But I Need A Bit More Le-Way

Plz Help I Dont Have Many Points
But All Help Would Be Appreciated

Yes I Have The Lastest Antivirus And Firewall Protection Out Blocking Telnet DNS And ALL
No Open Ports Or SSC's Or SSL Through Proxy
My ISP Has Reported A Log

I Can Get Into Windows However System Crashs When DLL's Come Into Place
Or When I Play Games Or Run Out Of Resourses

I Have Scanned MyPC With Norton 2003
McAfee 2003
And eTrust Antivirus The people That Make The Viruses

I Hope You Can Help

PLS HELP ME!!!

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by dmiles

Replace the CMOS battery to see if this is a problem,it may be bad

You mentioned 3 beeps,more info if the beeps were long or short would have been helpful,so my guest is that their may be a memory problem,open the machine and check the memory modules,unninstall from the slots and install each module one by one to see if this is a memory issue

by dualinlinememorymodule

I Have Tryed All That However The Beeps Where 3 Short
I Know That Award BIOS Is Video Or Ram Problems VIDEo 1= Long 2=Short
Any Other RAM Problem However The CMOS Battery Is New I Replaced That 1 Week Ago
And Now The BIOS Makes No Beeps But Still Flashes And All The Above Without Beeps Thanks Any Way Mate Good Ideas But I Have Tryed Them

Thanks CYA

by sgt_shultz

i would also reseat the BIOS chip itself if possible. locate it, then ground yourself and gently pry up one end then the other with a small flat blade screw driver. you don't need to take it completely out, just loosen it and push it back down firmly on all edges...
those beeps will tell you more precisely what's wrong if you can look up the beep code on your motherboard's website. i don't know if the beep codes are standard or unique for each motherboard...
imoh, don't call microsoft, just call us! cheaper and you will learn more...

by dualinlinememorymodule

I Have Tryed That All The Beeps Arent On The Webpage That It Makes And The CPU Wont Work Because The CPU Has Nothing To Do With The BIOS However I Have Rebuilt The Whole Computer To See If Something Was Out Of Whack But No Theres Some Unknown Problem Thanks Anyway But i have tryed all that mate

by bandit69

am only a novice. have to ask , was there a password involved before prob. maybe try this site. http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/ . BIOS Cannot Read From CMOS would suggest the cmos is not there, blank. can get into windows, personally i would run add new hardware in the hope it will help establish a new CMOS. My first port of call would be to double check the bios again possibly not right version. http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=bios.htm&url=http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo/hardware/bios_sg/bios_sg.htm this site has good reading about CMOS. i will save the article in case you do not find it and can email it if need be .
food for thought , hope it is of some help to you

by dualinlinememorymodule

Nope Have Tryed That Also But The Add Remove Does Ntohing And The CMOS Is There And Running
But the checksum and above errors
I Have Contacted Manufactures and they said the cpu is fried
or damanged and making non award noises etc........ but they said that it shouldnt boot windows if its fried though.......... ummmmmmmmmm weird THanks anyway mate but i have tryed all that

by sgt_shultz

just to clarify, i suggested reseating (if possible) the BIOS chip, not the cpu. but you've probably tried all that...

by andy31ok

This may be obvious but if i were you i would get a freind with similar hardware that is working and swap components carefully one at a time until you find the duff one. If however you have tried all that then i would suggest the psu as i have personally had a few faults with atx supplies in the past with some very unexpected errors generated.

by dualinlinememorymodule

I Have Replaced The PSU (Power Supply Unit)
And It Stopped The Beeping But Not The Flashing
And THe Checksum Error Still Occurs Thanks Anyway Mate
But i tried that all

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