Re: Chkdsk mystery error: "USA check value 0x0 at block 0x3 is incorrect"


Arthur wrote:
paulmd@xxxxxxx wrote:



I found a few things on google. One is a an nForce motherboard. The
solution proprosed is to flash the bios. THis came from a Greek
language fourm. But the Error mesage, and ane of the responses were in
english.

Thanks. Right now, it's all Greek to me (hehehe) but I'll do more
exploring of the BIOS upgrade issue, although my Dell Dimension 8400 is
only about 16 months old.

Art

The BIOS update in Dells has always gone painlessly for me.

Go to support.dell.com

Type in your service tag, express service code OR model number.

The latest bios revision in the 8400 is A08. This was released
12/19/05. About 4 months ago. At 16 months old, you probably have
revision A02.

This is a list of bugs fixed since purchace.

Revision A08. 12/19/05

1. Add support for newer processors
2. Add help text during password change
3. Improve boot sequence for CD ROMs
4. Removed dialog pop-ups from flash program when -NoPause is used
5. Improve S3 resume timing

A07. 8/25/2005


1. Prevent boot issues when USB devices with media readers are present.

A06. 5/18/2005

1. Fix hang condition during POST with fibre channel adapters.
2. Improve processor reporting in BIOS SETUP.
3. Improve support for 64-bit operating systems.
4. Updated SMBIOS structures for 2.3.4 compliance.
5. Add support for newer processors.
6. Fix video initialization search routine.
7. Prevent false NMI error for some add in cards.
8. Improve memory information reporting.
9. Fix various USB problems.
10. Fix keystroke for password entry in setup.

A05. 3/28/2005

1. Fixed a problem with drive spin-up detection
2. Fixed a problem with NX support enabling in setup

A04.2/21/2005

1. Updated newer CPUs detection and micro code
2. Improved network wake control functionality
3. Improved SMBIOS CPU speed reporting
4. Fixed a problem with USB remote controls
5. Improved USB hub support
6. Improved PCI space allocation
7. Fixed a problem with old, small hard drives
8. Made the BIOS update program more robust
9. Allow USB keys to boot on systems with no video
10. Improved ATAPI device detection

A03. 11/8/2004

1. Added advisory text when changing the hard drive controller mode
2. Fixed problem with long S3 resume times with older OSes
3. Improved boot list management
4. Updated newer CPUs detection and micro code
5. Corrected minor problem with slot reporting in SMBIOS
6. Fixed a problem with password entry on some international keyboards
7. Modified floppy error reporting to lessen confusion
8. Improved USB interoperability
9. Improved fan diagnostics interface

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