If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Hi,
Over this last few weeks I've noticed that my PC is losing time,ie. over a week it could lose a day. Is my battery going, is it difficult yo replace? expensive? does it have to be done professionally? Thats assuming that it is the battery. TIA Bob. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Bob,
Is your PC losing time whilst switched off or whilst running? If whilst running then this has nothing to do with the battery but could be the result of some application or other "stealing" all the cpu cycles causing the clock to miss ticks. If however the PC loses time when switched off then yes, this will be due to the battery on the motherboard, used to maintain the clock and also keep some of the bios information in volatile RAM, no longer holding sufficient charge. Replacing the battery is quite straightforward and they do not cost much. The most important thing being to note down the various settings in the bios so that they can be restored if lost whilst swapping out the old battery for the new. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Bob Reynolds wrote: Hi, Over this last few weeks I've noticed that my PC is losing time,ie. over a week it could lose a day. Is my battery going, is it difficult yo replace? expensive? does it have to be done professionally? Thats assuming that it is the battery. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
I've got the machine switched on for the last four hours and it hasn't lost
any time so presumably this is happening when it is switched off, consequently faulty battery? I'll have to find out more about replacing it , BIOS etc -bit novicey - still prepared to have a go, I'do an internet search and if unsuccessful might get back to you guys Thanks Mike. Bob, "Mike M" wrote in message ... Bob, Is your PC losing time whilst switched off or whilst running? If whilst running then this has nothing to do with the battery but could be the result of some application or other "stealing" all the cpu cycles causing the clock to miss ticks. If however the PC loses time when switched off then yes, this will be due to the battery on the motherboard, used to maintain the clock and also keep some of the bios information in volatile RAM, no longer holding sufficient charge. Replacing the battery is quite straightforward and they do not cost much. The most important thing being to note down the various settings in the bios so that they can be restored if lost whilst swapping out the old battery for the new. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Bob Reynolds wrote: Hi, Over this last few weeks I've noticed that my PC is losing time,ie. over a week it could lose a day. Is my battery going, is it difficult yo replace? expensive? does it have to be done professionally? Thats assuming that it is the battery. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Bob,
Before you replace the battery check that the clock does lose time when the system is shut down. It's just possible the cause is an application that you didn't have running when you did your test but it does seem as if the battery is on its last legs. -- Mike Maltby Bob Reynolds wrote: I've got the machine switched on for the last four hours and it hasn't lost any time so presumably this is happening when it is switched off, consequently faulty battery? I'll have to find out more about replacing it , BIOS etc -bit novicey - still prepared to have a go, I'do an internet search and if unsuccessful might get back to you guys |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Lost a few hours when switched off over-night, the machine is about 4 years
old, do you think replacing the battery when I find the model should be straigh-forward, or am I at risk of doing serious damage? Thanks Again. Bob. "Mike M" wrote in message ... Bob, Before you replace the battery check that the clock does lose time when the system is shut down. It's just possible the cause is an application that you didn't have running when you did your test but it does seem as if the battery is on its last legs. -- Mike Maltby Bob Reynolds wrote: I've got the machine switched on for the last four hours and it hasn't lost any time so presumably this is happening when it is switched off, consequently faulty battery? I'll have to find out more about replacing it , BIOS etc -bit novicey - still prepared to have a go, I'do an internet search and if unsuccessful might get back to you guys |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Right,
I'll have a pop at that, I'll let you know later how I got on, might be a few days, many thanks for your help Mike. Cheers Bob. "Mike M" wrote in message ... Bob, You're not likely to do any damage, serious or otherwise, when replacing the battery providing you just replace the battery and don't go diving in and pulling wires off connectors and the like. In other words, be sensible and when you're finished check that the various connectors between the motherboard and your external devices such as hard drive, floppy (if installed) and CD & DVD etc, are still securely in place. What will most likely happen is that the bios will reset to its default settings meaning that any specific configuration or settings that you might have made will probably be lost as these are stored in volatile memory which will clear down when the battery is removed. If you haven't made any changes then all should be well, if you have, such as perhaps customising the boot order, you will need to reapply those changes. Best of luck. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Bob Reynolds wrote: Lost a few hours when switched off over-night, the machine is about 4 years old, do you think replacing the battery when I find the model should be straigh-forward, or am I at risk of doing serious damage? Thanks Again. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Bob,
You're not likely to do any damage, serious or otherwise, when replacing the battery providing you just replace the battery and don't go diving in and pulling wires off connectors and the like. In other words, be sensible and when you're finished check that the various connectors between the motherboard and your external devices such as hard drive, floppy (if installed) and CD & DVD etc, are still securely in place. What will most likely happen is that the bios will reset to its default settings meaning that any specific configuration or settings that you might have made will probably be lost as these are stored in volatile memory which will clear down when the battery is removed. If you haven't made any changes then all should be well, if you have, such as perhaps customising the boot order, you will need to reapply those changes. Best of luck. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Bob Reynolds wrote: Lost a few hours when switched off over-night, the machine is about 4 years old, do you think replacing the battery when I find the model should be straigh-forward, or am I at risk of doing serious damage? Thanks Again. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Bob,
I hope all goes smoothly. -- Mike Maltby Bob Reynolds wrote: Right, I'll have a pop at that, I'll let you know later how I got on, might be a few days, many thanks for your help Mike. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Hi Bob,
Excuse me putting in my six pennorth, but I found it useful to take digi pix of my bios screens to remind me of my settings. -- Delboy A common mistake that people made when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams "Bob Reynolds" wrote in message ... Right, I'll have a pop at that, I'll let you know later how I got on, might be a few days, many thanks for your help Mike. Cheers Bob. "Mike M" wrote in message ... Bob, You're not likely to do any damage, serious or otherwise, when replacing the battery providing you just replace the battery and don't go diving in and pulling wires off connectors and the like. In other words, be sensible and when you're finished check that the various connectors between the motherboard and your external devices such as hard drive, floppy (if installed) and CD & DVD etc, are still securely in place. What will most likely happen is that the bios will reset to its default settings meaning that any specific configuration or settings that you might have made will probably be lost as these are stored in volatile memory which will clear down when the battery is removed. If you haven't made any changes then all should be well, if you have, such as perhaps customising the boot order, you will need to reapply those changes. Best of luck. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Bob Reynolds wrote: Lost a few hours when switched off over-night, the machine is about 4 years old, do you think replacing the battery when I find the model should be straigh-forward, or am I at risk of doing serious damage? Thanks Again. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
battery going?
Got that sorted in a jiffy, just popped in, no probs with BIOS etc. Thanks
for help, sorry about delay in answering - changed broadband providers - off line for a bit. Bob. "Bob Reynolds" wrote in message ... Hi, Over this last few weeks I've noticed that my PC is losing time,ie. over a week it could lose a day. Is my battery going, is it difficult yo replace? expensive? does it have to be done professionally? Thats assuming that it is the battery. TIA Bob. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Hard drive issues on a P133 | ms | General | 32 | September 8th 06 09:16 PM |
Replace MB battery | Delboy | General | 5 | May 10th 06 03:27 AM |
Battery Status Icon missing in systray | David | General | 6 | July 12th 05 04:49 AM |
computer on or off | bradley g. wold | General | 2 | December 21st 04 04:30 AM |
Replaced my CMOS battery | kristi | General | 2 | September 23rd 04 06:26 PM |