Yes, there's a constant +5v standby output from an ATX power supply. But if your CMOS battery is so weak it can't hold a charge for a day (or a month) then it's time to replace it.
But anyway, that's not what he said. He said "This procedure will accelerate battery drain.". But he can't prove that, at the end of a month or a year, the CMOS battery will be draining at an accelerated rate. Nor can he prove that if it was it would be deleterious. If he wanted to suggest to the OP that replacing the CMOS battery would solve the problems, then he needs to have said that in plain English. But how in the world could a slow power-up be attributed to a weak CMOS battery? > if I turn off power at the surge protector, it takes a > while (minutes to quite a few minutes) for pressing the > power on push button to actually get the system to start > up. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Eric S. Sande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Tom was implying that the CMOS battery will > no longer trickle charge if you interrupt power at the > source rather than at the mobo level. There's normally > maintenance power (don't know the exact term) present > even when the softstart is off. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
