CMOS battery

What will happen if my CMOS battery fails? What will happen to my system? is
it just a case of replacing the battery and everything will be OK?

thanks

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What will happen if my CMOS battery fails? What will happen to my
system? is it just a case of replacing the battery and everything
will be OK?
thanks

When the battery dies your clock will stop and your BIOS settings will be
lost. If you think it's failing (and even as a good practice) you should
save your BIOS settings somehow - pen and paper works best for this though
some will allow you to save them to disk. Changing it is simple and painless
NORMALLY though once in a while a clip breaks which is a pain but not
something that you'll die over. You can often solder it back in place or
simply fold the remaining pieces with a pair of needle nose pliers and be
good to go again in a matter of minutes and have the added bonus of being
able to change the battery more easily the next time. There have even been
times when I've had to actually grab a piece of 20 g wire and solder that in
and tape the battery when a client had broken it beyond repair. It's messy
but it works.

Galen
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Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

Good suggestion. Used digital camera, then printed out the 5 pages of
my Bios setup.
Thanks,
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:20:58 -0400, "Galen"
wrote:

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When the battery dies your clock will stop and your BIOS settings will be
lost. If you think it's failing (and even as a good practice) you should
save your BIOS settings somehow - pen and paper works best for this though
some will allow you to save them to disk.
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Galen

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XO had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Good suggestion. Used digital camera, then printed out the 5 pages of
my Bios setup.
Thanks,

Hah! Now that's a new and interesting way of doing it. Nice, I like that.

Galen
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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

How does one get to the BIOS settings in WINME?

"Galen" wrote in message ...
In ,
Paul had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

What will happen if my CMOS battery fails? What will happen to my
system? is it just a case of replacing the battery and everything
will be OK?
thanks

When the battery dies your clock will stop and your BIOS settings will be
lost. If you think it's failing (and even as a good practice) you should
save your BIOS settings somehow - pen and paper works best for this though
some will allow you to save them to disk. Changing it is simple and painless
NORMALLY though once in a while a clip breaks which is a pain but not
something that you'll die over. You can often solder it back in place or
simply fold the remaining pieces with a pair of needle nose pliers and be
good to go again in a matter of minutes and have the added bonus of being
able to change the battery more easily the next time. There have even been
times when I've had to actually grab a piece of 20 g wire and solder that in
and tape the battery when a client had broken it beyond repair. It's messy
but it works.

Galen
--
Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

Michael Raphael wrote:

How does one get to the BIOS settings in WINME?

For the vast majority of systems you don't access the bios from within the
operating system but instead access the bios from the first screen
displayed when the PC starts.

Do this by rebooting your PC and immediately after starting and before you
see the POST (Power On Self Test screen) click the required key to enter
the bios. The specific key sequence is dependent upon the BIOS vendor
and/or PC manufacturer. The actual key stroke or combination of keys is
usually displayed. Some common combinations include ....
F1
F2
Del
and, less often,
Ctrl + Alt + Esc
Ctrl + Alt + Ins
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP