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Thanks for the information, Bill Watt! I will also investigate and have an
awesome week!!! : "Bill Watt" wrote in message ... : On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:49:26 -0500, Bill Watt : wrote: : : On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0500, Chuck : wrote: : : Hugh Candlin wrote: : "Chuck" wrote in message : ... : : Gary S. Terhune wrote: : : PS- Tim, if you decide that the mobo battery needs changing, be sure to : go into BIOS *before* changing it and write down all the settings there. : You'll have to reset them after replacing the battery. : : : Isn't there a way to save the BIOS settings to a floppy (you probably : couldn't access the HD after yanking the battery). : -- : To reply by email remove "_nospam" : : : Yes. There are programs available to do that. : : I know I have one lying around somewhere, : perhaps on one of my Resource Kits. : : I've never had a need for it. I just use autodetect, : or punch in the drive parameters stamped on the label. : : : : I've never written down any of my bios settings. Does the "print screen" : button work while in the bios. If so maybe I'll just go to the critical : sections and print them out. : : Chuck, : : Get Cmossave/cmosrest.zip. It's a small utility. The program will : record the CMOS settings into a file and restore them whenever : needed. Read the text file. Put a copy of the CMOS saved file on the : HDD and a floppy. : : http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4049.html : : I have version 1.4 but haven't used it. : : I just got ver 3.8. The Ga download site didn't work but the Fla. : one did. It's only 29k. : : Don't keep old saves around so you don't accidentally restore an old : one. : : Regards, : : Bill Watt : Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ : |
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