Re: [CH] Off Topic- My bios is Heaps Good!

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At 12:29 AM 1/1/80 +0930, Michael Scott wrote:
>Hey all,
>        I suppose everybody is used to recieving my mail almost 20 years 
>ago :) but hopefully you have managed to look at the top of your mail 
>for yet another time.
>I can't fix my time problem and I was wondering if anybody can help. 
>Ever since February, I have been getting a message "CMOS Error" at my 
>start up which takes me into the bios setup. I must re-choose my hard 
>drive again b4 it allows me to proceed with using the computer. Any 
>changes I make, including the hard drive I selected, and date/time go 
>unsaved and I must repeat this action every time I want to use the 
>computer.

CMOS settings are maintained by a battery, if it dies your settings will be
lost every time you turn it off.  There are 2 ways to proceed:   1.
Replace the battery.  May not be possible in some older PCs.  2. Don't turn
off the PC.  Just let it run continuously.



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