First Build

[dabadboyonthablk]

hi. i recently purchased everything needed to bulid my first computer. i ran into some problems after building it.. i keep getting the "BAD BIOS CHECKSUM" error. it then continues to ask for a floppy or cd rom with the file P4P800-E.ROM on it. i insert the disk that came with the motherboard into the cd-rom drive and it says "start erasing...-" and then "start programming../.". after that it asks me to restart my system and so i do that.. only to run into the same problem. can someone please help me??

Motherboard: ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE Socket 478 Intel 865PE ATX
Power supply: ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2E Prescott 800MHz FSB Socket 478
Case: Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower
Memory: Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered (I have two of these.. so 4 GB altogether)
Hard drive: HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 HDT722525DLA380 (0A31636) 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Graphics card: BFG TECH GeForce FX 5500 OC 256 MB

[ktkendall]

First thing to check is the clear cmos jumper to be sure it is in the normal position, your motherboard manual should be clear on where exactly this jumper is located and the correct position for it to be in for normal operation. This is not related to your problem, but I thought I saw something about standard win XP will only use 2Gig of memory max, and that you would need 64 bit edition to go above 2Gig memory..

[dabadboyonthablk]

ok, i checked to make sure the clear cmos jumper was in the normal position, and it is. still having the same problem. oh but thank you for telling me about needing 64 bit edition xp to go above 2gb memory. i just bought xp pro 64 edition on newegg. lol