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    bad checksum

    I have a COMPAQ EVO D300V, and the keyboard freezes up when booting I am getting the message bad gnu checksum, the computer will not boot how can I fix this error message?

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    There are several possibilities here. Usually a checksum error is due to the Motherboard battery being dead. 2nd have you tried a different keyboard? Is the keyboeard a USB or PS2?
    It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!

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    I have tried both and am still having same problem. error message goes away but keyboard freezes up when going into bios settings.

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    Have you tested the RAM?

    Memtest86+

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    No is there a easy way to do this computer will boot but everything locks up quickly

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    Download and burn the iso to a cd or dvd
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