I turned on my computer and it popped a message
"BIOS Checksum Error. Starting recovery ...".It started searching my floppy drive( non-existent :P ) and the Cd-Drive for the BIOS ROM.
Fortunately, I had the support CD at hand and quickly pushed it into the CD-Drive.
Up came the message :
"M2N-MX.ROM detected
Starting Erasing...|
Starting programming ....| "Then the mobo beeped twice-thrice and the computer restarted. And, the BIOS checksum error message popped again !! WTH !! i just saw it getting flashed !!
Happened 2 times in a row....frustrated, i decided to take out the mobo manual (dunno why i didn't take it out earlier ... :P)
It had 2 full pages regarding BIOS recovery... one way was to press Alt+ F2 before POST to start ASUS' "EZ Flash Utility " that would apparently help me flash my BIOS.
Computer restarted. I pressed Alt+F2.
The utility started and searched my Cd-Drive for a BIOS file.
Up came the message
"M2N-MX.ROM detected"and immedialtely followed by
"Error ! the ROM file is outdated and cannot work with the hardware "WTF !! This is the BIOS that came in the manufacturer's CD !!
I was starting to freak out... Fired up my old machine and downloaded the LATEST BIOS for my mobo, bought a CD and burned it onto the disk.
Computer restarted.
Up came the message:
"M2N-MX.ROM not detected !"huh?...Sigh, the file i had downloaded had a different name ....fine, i'll just have to rename it and burn it again....I removed the Cd from the drive and instead of pushing the "power-off" button, accidentally, pushed the "restart button"...
My BIOS was detected !!
"There is a CMOS checksum error :
Press F1 to start recovery
Press F2 to reset to default settings and continue " ?_?
F2 pressed.
The screen went blank and up came the familiar message
"GRUB Loading stage 1.5. "Wheeeee !! problem solved !!
But WTH just happened ??? The computer was running fine until yesterday ...
My guess is a faulty SMPS which isn't providing the required current at the required voltage to the mobo....
Any pointers ?
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