Hello. I have a 2008 Small Form Format Acer Aspire x3200 (Triple Core). This has the da078l boxer motherboard.
The last couple of days I noticed that the PC wasn't keeping time during shutdown so I changed the CMOS battery.
I tested the old battery and it was completely dead.
When I switched the machine back on after changing the battery, it did it's standard beep, went to the options screen (F12 for boot options/DEL to enter SETUP) but then did a quick double beep and came up with a screen saying:
IDE Channel 0 Master : None
IDE Channel 0 Slave : None
CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded
Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP
However, F1 and DEL will not respond. Neither will the initial F12 or DEL options before the double beep. I tried leaving the system for about 30 minutes after trying F1 and DEL, in case there was some kind of system delay, but nothing responded.
I have power going to the HDD and DVD Rom as these can be heard spinning up and the eject function works on the DVD Rom.
I have tried removing and replacing all the RAM, the GFX Card, the CMOS battery and also tried using the Clear CMOS jumper. I have also removed and replaced all system/motherboard plugs and cables.
I left the battery out overnight with the Clear CMOS jumper in the "Clear" setting. I tried the system again this morning to find the exact same problem.
If I power the machine, with the battery out and/or the Clear Cmos jumper active, I still get the same double beep and the same error screen.
My HDD & DVD ROM are SATA 2.
Can anyone help? I have a lot of important documents on this system.
Many thanks in advance.
The last couple of days I noticed that the PC wasn't keeping time during shutdown so I changed the CMOS battery.
I tested the old battery and it was completely dead.
When I switched the machine back on after changing the battery, it did it's standard beep, went to the options screen (F12 for boot options/DEL to enter SETUP) but then did a quick double beep and came up with a screen saying:
IDE Channel 0 Master : None
IDE Channel 0 Slave : None
CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded
Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP
However, F1 and DEL will not respond. Neither will the initial F12 or DEL options before the double beep. I tried leaving the system for about 30 minutes after trying F1 and DEL, in case there was some kind of system delay, but nothing responded.
I have power going to the HDD and DVD Rom as these can be heard spinning up and the eject function works on the DVD Rom.
I have tried removing and replacing all the RAM, the GFX Card, the CMOS battery and also tried using the Clear CMOS jumper. I have also removed and replaced all system/motherboard plugs and cables.
I left the battery out overnight with the Clear CMOS jumper in the "Clear" setting. I tried the system again this morning to find the exact same problem.
If I power the machine, with the battery out and/or the Clear Cmos jumper active, I still get the same double beep and the same error screen.
My HDD & DVD ROM are SATA 2.
Can anyone help? I have a lot of important documents on this system.
Many thanks in advance.