>> Thanks for the reply.  I updated the bios on the sk8v with the beta version
>> that was posted on the asus website.
>>
>> bad news got a cmos error.  Went through all the proper steps, called tech
>> at asus and I fried the bios chip they
>> are sending me a new one, so next week I'll try this again.  But this was a
>> fresh install, fresh fdisk and I did the first emerge sync and this happened.
>
> You've /gotta/ have something /seriously/ wrong with that thing!  MD5s
> going crazy, a BIOS update failing (I've /never/ seen that happen unless
> the power dies in the middle).  There's just too much weird stuff going on
> for it to be anything but hardware!

I would also take a close look at the power supply as it can easily be the 
cause of way too many weird problems.
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