Thanks Paris. I found that the CMOS battery is only $3 and it needs to be replaced anyway, so I will give it a try.
Diane --- In [email protected], "parisiengarcon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Diane > > Listen to me, don't listen to the prophets of doom get a new CMOS > battery. This is a much ignored little piece of equipment, apart > from making your clock run slow, what else can a dying one do? Well > just little insignificant things like by not sending a tiny current > to the chip, the battery can't remind it of the settings the > motherboard needs every time the computer starts up. When the battery > runs down, the microprocessor can't locate essential information > about the settings and the structure of the hard drive. If it doesn't > remember the hard drive's who, what, and where, it won't remember how > to use it to find your data. I daresay that it loses The Geforce > drivers. > > Well that's my diagnosis, I may be completely wrong, but at least I > give you hope and my suggestion does not cost much. So give it a try > you may be pleasantly surprised. > > Paris > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ a_ztechnicalcomputersupportforall/ > > > ^v^ ^v^ ^v^~~~~ Paris's Optimistic Reply To ~~~~^v^ ^v^ ^v^ > > --- In [email protected], "pekoe4849" <pekoe4849@> > wrote: > > > > How can I tell? Would that fact that it won't read a single > solitary > > floppy be a clue? When I do a Windows disk check, it says it's > fine. > > But it won't read any disks. I'm having trouble with my hard drives > > (and XP) at the moment, and I can't even boot a rescue diskette. > > > > Since I'm here, I'll ask you...I'm getting a "Non Systeme Disk > Error", > > which I read in the help menu means Windows can't find itself (must > be > > a trickle down from the 60's), and it's probably a hard disk > problem. > > My computer appears to be working fine and then--boom!--black > screen > > and the disk error. However, along with that, I'm having these > > problems (have for about two weeks): > > > > 1. Clock is seriously losing time. > > 2. Floppy drive won't work > > 3. NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 drivers arent' working. (yellow check > > mark next to it in Device Manager). I've uninstalled, reinstalled, > > uninstalled, installed updated drivers, etc. Nothing works. (or if > it > > does, it doesn't last. The new drivers won't work at all. It let me > > 'rollback' to the older drivers once and the checkmark went away. > But > > now it won't ever rollback. > > > > I have three hard drives and don't even know for sure which one is > > bad. I only know it's not the new one. ;) > > > > That's it. A freakin' nightmare. > > > > Can someone please help? > > > > TIA, > > Diane > > > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
