Hi; I had to replace my motherboard and toss out a hard drive because of this problem, and now it seems to be repeating itself! The HD I currently am using I've used for many years with no problem (the other one was a 2nd HD). The problem is mainly around having the checksum not check on boot and having to reset the BIOS settings to the default. On my old motherboard, it would do it every so often, and then the problem got worse and worse and suddenly the machine wouldn't boot and I had to buy a new motherboard. This problem with the BIOS has only happened once so far on the new board, but it also created other problems, including screwing up at least one driver in my audio system (it appears to be part of the Windoze bundle) and asking me if I want to register MS Word (after it had been installed for months). Another wierd problem is that I can't get Python to work with browsers (everything else works fine). Wierd, wierd, wierd. But I don't want to shell out more money on motherboards!
These problems began with the old motherboard when I installed the new HD, which I have tossed, so I was surprised when they continued with the new motherboard, since I had assumed the old HD was responsible. Now, at the same time I installed the old HD, I also began using a thumb drive, so I wonder if it could be the source of the problem? It's a ScanDisc U3 Launchpad Version 1,1,0,2 Device Version 2.18 ADAPI Version 4.4.0.47 Unicode. I have Windoze XP, an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz, hard drive WDC WD800LB-60DNA1, CD TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J, motherboard is a Foxconn, Phoenix AwardBIOS. Why be more specific on the motherboard when it screwed up the same way on a completely different one? Didn't want to open the box for that. Ideas? TIA, Victor
