KN9 Ultra Mobo problem

[Colin Higgins]

Hi there folks, hope someone can help with my little prob.

I installed PowerISO on my PC and rebooted as instructed but I think the BIOS has been zapped somehow as it will not boot past the POST screen, the cursor just sits there blinking in the top LH of the screen.

To make matters worse the PC will not boot from a floppy or a CD Rom despite setting it up corectly in the BIOS. I can access the boot order via the setup screen using the DEL key but cannot access the Boot priority via the ESC key, don't know if this is significant or not.

I have reset the CMOS three times and on restart I get the checksum error message (defaults loaded) and I have tried using the fail safe defaults and optimised defaults but I still cannot from a floppy or CD.

The manual says the checksum error could be caused by a dead battery )mobo is only 3 months old) but this would not stop it from booting would it?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

TIA, Colin