On May 13, 5:30*pm, philo* philo@priv cy.not wrote:
On 05/13/2013 09:13 AM, Robert Macy wrote:





On May 12, 8:18 pm, 98 Guy wrote:
Check the motherboard's on-board battery. *Maybe it's time for a new
one.

Thank you for the responses.

It's a standard old Dell DTXQ6 with Pentium II, or III?, [333MHz]
system with PS/2 keyboard and not a single USB criver installed [I
think] I would like to get at the power ON/OFF switch, since it's
unreliable, but haven't figured out how to disassemble the plastic
case to get at those switches, but that's another issue.

The PC is left on all the time, except for the occasional power
failure. Not even used online. Simply a highpowered wordprocessor with
printer.

Battery? hmmm, you're right VERY old indeed. But doesn't being powered
ON all the time negate the need for the battery?

Is it alright to disable these three functions WHILE running the
system?

Since you are not using USB, you'd be safe to delete it in the control
panel and reboot...hopefully it will be reinstalled correctly...
and if so you can do the same for the other devices.

OTOH: If all is working ok, you may want to just ignore it

It's Ms.' PC which she uses everyday for her work. I'm not sure; but
in the event I screw it up, there may be a death penalty involved, or
at least some type of organic dismemberment policy.