From: Pete Rickard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Regarding an old Zenith PC, when I last powered it up I got the following:
>
> >>>
> +++ ERROR: Please replace the back-up battery! +++
THis probably means you need a new CMOS battery. SO hte CMOS and the
system clock will remember their settings when the machine is off.
Open it up, find hte battery. Here in the U.S. you can get
tons of sizes of these from Radio Shack.
> +++ ERROR: Bad configuration information found in CMOS! +++
>
> Sigma EGA400 BIOS V1.54
>
>
> +++ DISK ERROR: Bad disk controller! +++
>
> Drive not ready <<<
>
Here it sounds like either:
A: there used to be a disk drive or hard drive in this machine that
has been taken out, but the BIOS hasn't been changed, so it still
looks for that disk and controller that's gone.
B: Since it needs a CMOS battery, IT has forgotten the settings it
needs, and is looking for whatever is the system's "default".
SO, get a new battery, find out the settings for the disk drives
in it, then set them in the BIOS.
//Chrys Amy Dean | Vrondi on EFNET IRC
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She'd dismissed the possibility that it meant 'having ten teeth'."
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