: 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
I concur. I seriously doubt that this is caused by the OS, I'd
recommend replacing the CMOS battery as that is most likely the cause.
However on another note, i did once expeience a simular problem where
i got the same post error, but it was a problem with memory as the
memory wasnt registered ECC memory, when it was supposd to be, but i
doubt this is your issue. Try the battery first.
Thanks,
SimonB
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