On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:48:45AM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Elizabeth wrote: > > > Anyway, I tried re-starting the computer without this battery but > it is still behaving the same way. On one other computer, a desktop, > removing the dead CMOS battery allowed the machine to boot up as where > with the dead CMOS battery it didn't come on at all. > > Is it possible that the failure of the laptop to boot-up is a > result of having no electricity from one of the two internal batteries > and that by removing the connection I am not making much of a > difference in that the connection was dead anyway? And that by > replacing one or both of the batteries the machine may begin working? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > Batteries can fail in different ways. I replaced both the batteries in my Toshiba when I had to reset the date every time I rebooted.
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