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  1. September 17th, 2013, 04:06 PM #1
    paul62
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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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  2. September 18th, 2013, 08:34 AM #2
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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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  3. September 27th, 2013, 03:40 PM #3
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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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  4. September 28th, 2013, 07:05 AM #4
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    Have you tested the RAM?

    Memtest86+

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  5. September 30th, 2013, 11:15 AM #5
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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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  6. September 30th, 2013, 02:28 PM #6
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    Download and burn the iso to a cd or dvd
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