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Old May 6th 06, 04:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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I replaced the MB battery on my box recently.

TIP: Take digital pix of each screen before replacing the battery; then you
can be sure to get back to your original settings.

Apologies if I am giving egg sucking lessons :-)

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Old May 8th 06, 03:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Good idea, Del........however, it has been my experience that the normal
time it takes to swap out a CMOS battery does not result in a loss of
settings. I know of one instance, where the party was attempting to clear
the CMOS settings by removing the battery and it took almost three days
before it was cleared. But, you are right, it is better safe than
sorry......the 'pic' idea is a good one.
Heirloom, old and have mine backed up

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I replaced the MB battery on my box recently.

TIP: Take digital pix of each screen before replacing the battery; then
you
can be sure to get back to your original settings.

Apologies if I am giving egg sucking lessons :-)

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Delboy

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completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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Old May 8th 06, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Interesting comments Heirloom. It only took me a few seconds to replace but
in that time quite a few settings had changed plus clock completely out and
on boot, before I had a chance to hit "Delete" the box jumped straight into
BIOS mode and said "Bad checksum" or words to that effect.


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Old May 8th 06, 11:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Hmmmm, I would then suspect that your battery had already failed completely.
Keep in mind, I'm no guru, however, I have changed many CMOS batteries and
know many others that have and BIOS settings have never been lost. As I
said, yours is the safe route to take, for sure (plus, it would save a lot
of writing, g). I know it is recommended that the settings be "copied"
in some manner and I would surely go with that. My post was just an FYI
thing........not to be construed with normal operating procedure. It would
be interesting to hear the experiences of others..........
Heirloom, old and thinks it is going to rain

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Interesting comments Heirloom. It only took me a few seconds to replace
but
in that time quite a few settings had changed plus clock completely out
and
on boot, before I had a chance to hit "Delete" the box jumped straight
into
BIOS mode and said "Bad checksum" or words to that effect.


--
Delboy

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completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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Old May 9th 06, 12:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Could be right about the already failed battery, Heirloom. The box was
bought 07/01 and goodness knows how long it had been on the shelf before
that. ;-) The Windows clock kept showing some date in Feb, 2036 on boot
quite a few times; lately with monotonous regularity, so I guess it was well
due for replacement.

Not arguing over your experiences at all, Heirloom. Just my luck that I am
the exception that proves the rule. (whatever that expression means :-))

As you say interesting to hear of other's experiences.

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Old May 10th 06, 03:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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"Heirloom" wrote in message
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Hmmmm, I would then suspect that your battery had already failed

completely.
Keep in mind, I'm no guru, however, I have changed many CMOS batteries and
know many others that have and BIOS settings have never been lost. As I
said, yours is the safe route to take, for sure (plus, it would save a lot
of writing, g). I know it is recommended that the settings be "copied"
in some manner and I would surely go with that. My post was just an FYI
thing........not to be construed with normal operating procedure. It

would
be interesting to hear the experiences of others..........
Heirloom, old and thinks it is going to rain


We're still looking for it up here in PA, H.
Where the battery is concerned, you are right, change it 'carefully' and
done with.
Good Luck, Delboy.

Harry.


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Interesting comments Heirloom. It only took me a few seconds to replace
but
in that time quite a few settings had changed plus clock completely out
and
on boot, before I had a chance to hit "Delete" the box jumped straight
into
BIOS mode and said "Bad checksum" or words to that effect.


--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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