The CMOS battery needs to be replaced. Disconnect the power from the system. Open the side cover and touch unpainted metal in on the chassis. Remove the old CMOS battery from the systemboard. (you may need a flat head scrwedriver) Replace it with a CR-2032 button cell battery. Reassemble the PC and connecto power and turn on. Start the BIOS setup thenReconfigure CMOS settings, run auto drive detection and setup date and time, then save.
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Here's a new problem that I hope someone will have an answer to, or at > least a suggestion of > What's causing the problem. Problem with BIOS? Virus? Battery? Anyway > here's the details. > Any suggestions are welcome. > I have an emachines desk top computer running at 2 Ghz with 512mg RAM, > running Windows xp. My problem (or problems) are: > Time and date changes every time I turn the computer back on and boot up. > Also when the computer is turned on there's a series of beeps and then > the > Following text appears: > > PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 > Copyright 1985-2001 Phoenix Technologies Ltd. > All Rights Reserved > Version 1.03 > CPU = Intel ® Celeron® CPU 2.00GHz > 510M System RAM Passed > 128K Cache SRAM Passed > System BIOS Shadowed > Video BIOS shadowed > Fixed Disk 0: WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 > ATAPI CD-ROM: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B > Mouse initialized > ERROR > 0271: Check date and time settings > ERROR > 0251: System CMOS checksum bad-default configuration used > Press <DEL> to setup, <F1> to resume > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
