CMOS issue?

[big8pt]

What will happen if the cmos is incorrectly cleared on an ASUS p4p800 deluxe board? If done incorrectly is the board doa? thanks.

 

[etp777]

Haven't tried it myself, as I haven't felt the need to mess with clearing the bios on mine, but taken from Asus' page:

CrashFree BIOS 2~
Whenever BIOS gets corrupted, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 allows users to reboot the computer and perform an smart auto-recovery procedure through the motherboard support CD.

 

[allanon1965]

this sounds odd, incorrectly cleared cmos? hey, its cleared or its not....dont think you can incorrectly clear cmos.....you can however incorrectly flash the bios! is this what you mean?

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[Coyote]

What do you think you did wrong?

I've done it incorrectly b4 on a couple of mobo's w/o a prob. But, uh, just how "incorrectly" did you do it?

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[big8pt]

A friend of a friend is selling this mobo and they told me they incorrectly cleared the cmos? I have never had this type of issue and thought it was odd so that is why I posted this topic. Anyway thanks for the replies.

FYI: I am not going to purchase the board because it sounds to bizarre and the sale is 'as is' no money back!