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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.
Could this be a battery problem too?
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.
>
>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.
>
>If anyone knows the name of software that someone mentioned here earlier
>that records and recovers the CMOS settings, please post it.
>
>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.
>___________________________________
>At 05:50 PM 6/28/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 98-06-28 11:02:27 EDT, HPLOSS@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>><< 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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