Re: dead battery

[Yash Dayal <yash_dayal@xxxxxxxxx>]

It could be that ur new computer came equiped with an old battery....try 
changing.. if the problem persistes get it checked up.
The battery is normally a button cell type.
Yash



On Tuesday 21 August 2001 06:36 pm, you wrote:
> Hi,
> My computer is just a year old. If the battery is dead
> does it mean that there is any problem with the
> motherboard.
> Regards,
> Rana
>
> --- Yash Dayal <yash_dayal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It seems that your CMOS battery has been exhausted.
> > Change your battery.
> > The Bios needs the battery to maintain the settings
> > and since ur battery is
> > exhausted all the settings get flushed after you
> > shut the system.
> > Yash
> >
> > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 12:03 am, you wrote:
> > > Dear Sir,
> > > I have i810 motherboard,with AMIBIOS. When I boot
> > > after long time, I get following error:
> > > CMOS Settings Wrong.
> > > Press F1 to Run Setting.
> > > Press F2 to load default values and continue.
> > >
> > > If I press F1 and I can see that date has been
> > > changed.
> > > If I exit from BIOS setting without changing any
> > > setting for CPU, then while booting it gives
> >
> > following
> >
> > > error message:
> > > Wrong CPU speed selected.
> > > Now there is no provision to change the CPU speed.
> > > Only thing here I can change is overclocking. What
> >
> > I
> >
> > > do is press page down once and then page up to
> >
> > revert
> >
> > > back to old setting.
> > > Now when I exit from BIOS setting and reboot, the
> > > computer boots properly.
> > > After booting once successfully, if I reeboot, I
> >
> > get
> >
> > > no problem and the booting process is through.
> > >
> > > If I press F2 after error message above, and load
> > > Linux (PCQ Linux 7.1), it gives error in loading
> >
> > USB
> >
> > > module and Sound module.
> > >
> > > Please help, to get rid of the problem.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Rana Biswas
> > >
> > >
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