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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Terrence A Gnau <tgnau@erinet.com>
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On Sun, 9 Jun 1996, Terrence A Gnau wrote:

> 	Can you tell me why after scanning my PCI bus the machine locks up
after displaying the line > RTC BIOS diagnostic error
ff<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time>
> and also what I can do to get past it?  

Your CMOS is corrupted.  Go into your BIOS's setup, check everything
(especially the current date and time), save, and try again.  If it still
fails, replace the CMOS battery. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major