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OK! What is the relationship between the cmos and the bios? Before flashing
or updating a bios, should the setup defaults be loaded? If this is done,
why should it be done after? I understand that just removing the battery
will not necessarily clear the cmos because of a capacitor holding a charge
which I believe is discharged by shorting (clearing the cmos) the designated
pins or pads on some motherboards. If I clear the cmos pins or pads with the
battery in place, isn't that shorting the battery also?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Davey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:52 PM
Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Re: Here's a poser...
> Grab your Phillips, it's...
> The Latest from The Screwdriver List!
>
>
> Clear the CMOS, load BIOS setup default.
> When all is working go back into the BIOS and adjust the settings as you
> like.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Chief" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Grab your Phillips, it's...
> > The Latest from The Screwdriver List!
> >
> > Now for a hardware question that I haven't run into before: a reader
has
> > just updated the BIOS on her Athlon T-Bird motherboard, and although
> > everything seemed to work correctly, her CD-ROM drive is now SNAFU. The
> > drive is getting power and it will eject, but when you insert a disc it
> > simply sits dormant for a few seconds and then ejects the disc again. I
> had
> > her check Device Manager, where the drive shows up correctly, and even
had
> > her delete the drive and reboot, but no luck. The drive was working
> > perfectly before the BIOS update... but flashing back to the old BIOS
> (which
> > she wisely kept) still doesn't fix the problem! Has anyone run into
this?
> >
> > The Chief
>
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