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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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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. |
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Good suggestion. Used digital camera, then printed out the 5 pages of
my Bios setup. Thanks, ------ On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:20:58 -0400, "Galen" wrote: snip 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. snip 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 -- Signature changed for a moment of silence. Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side. |
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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. |
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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 -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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