Re: (clug-talk) NEED HELP, bad problem!

[Cameron Nikitiuk]

Replace your battery...the 2032 is a standard battery available at just about any store.  The battery (commonly called a CMOS battery) powers the BIOS on your machine.  Without your battery in there, it likely will not boot up.     ----- Original Message ----- From: nathan wainwright To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) NEED HELP, bad problem! okay, i found the bios battery... and removed it... its a CR2032 3V Toshiba. course its still doing the fuzzy what ever the hell... and its now not booting fully at all... something about CMOS... course i can't really tell, because its still overprinting with odd characters. -- nathan nathan wainwright wrote: okay, i think the bios battery is the little flat one... okay, i've never replaced a bios battery before... flat small round one. is there a default type? also, as for flashing the bios... im SOL on that one, years ago my dad flooded the basement, the manual was one of the victims. any ideas on howto find out what mobo it is? just from say serial#'s or visual i'd? thanks again guys. this makes me feel somewhat better. terence wrote: On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 20:14, nathan wainwright wrote: turned it on afterwards... screen isn't aligning the 'energy star' logo... still making odd overprints of random characters... and one of its fans is making a bad noise... any ideas? like graphics card or ? my first guess would be either bios or the battery. if the battery couldn't power the bios chip well enough hold the settings while you moved, all kinds of wierdness can happen. for the 3 or 5 bucks, i'd try a new battery, and possibly flashing the bios (there's probably an updated one out there anyway.. :) -- terence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>