okay, so replacing the battery will solve that lovely error i got? cause i did put the old battery back in..
-- nathan -- web: www.wormhole5.org current: calgary, ab ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Nikitiuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 3, 2003 8:29 am Subject: Re: (clug-talk) NEED HELP, bad problem! > 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 > trya new battery, and possibly flashing the bios (there's probably an > updated one out there anyway.. :) > > > -- > terence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > >
