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Good possibility that's the case -- I've seen machines where enough juice is
left to hold the CMOS data, but not to keep the clock current. This
condition generally does not last long, as the battery will soon fail. If
it's been happening for a while, it's probably something else. If the
machine prompts you for a date and time setting when you boot, that's
usually because the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is corrupted or missing.
You should be able to get a replacement battery, but some are soldered to
the mother-board. In that case, you need to cut one of the wires to the
battery and get a new one that will clip on to the connections of the old
battery. Probably a job for your local Nerd if you're not comfortable
poking around inside the box...
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At 09:37 AM 6/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Say, after years of computer usage I've got a new one: one of my DOS
>machines loses track of date and time when I restart it. On booting, I must
>manually insert the current date and time.
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>Could this be a battery problem too?
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>John
>>No early warning alert on battery failure that I've seen -- best to keep a
>>printout of your Bios/CMOS settings in case you need it to recover from a
>>catastrophe.
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>>The newer BIOS chips that are set up for Win-95 OSR2 Plug & Play will
>>generally recover all previous settings after a battery change-- assuming
>>that all the devices it controls are P&P compliant.
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>>If anyone knows the name of software that someone mentioned here earlier
>>that records and recovers the CMOS settings, please post it.
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>>Someone also mentioned using the MSD program. It was designed for a DOS
>>environment-- long before the days of Windows. It wasn't very good then and
>>gets terribly confused if asked to perform while Windows is running -- I
>>wouldn't rely on it for accurate information and Windows will give you a
>>warning message to that effect.
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>>At 05:50 PM 6/28/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>>In a message dated 98-06-28 11:02:27 EDT, HPLOSS@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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>>><< You lose you CMOS settings when the PC battery dies and needs to be
>>>replaced. >>
>>>Is there any warning to tell when the battery is low or needs to be replaced?
>>>This is the type of problem that we all fear.
>>>Lynn
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