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- From: tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati)
- Subject: Re: AT looses CMOS power (with new battery) Clues?
- Message-ID: <tooraj.724427296@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au>
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Dec11.162049.978@alf.uib.no> <1992Dec13.035721.4129@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:48:16 GMT
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- colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Andrew BW Colfelt) writes:
-
- >THOGER@bg1.hbg.hydro.no (Terje Thoegersen) writes:
-
- >>My problem is that even with a new, working battery installed (correctly,
- >>too..) the machine comes back up after a power-off with "system options
- >>not set - run setup". This happens when the power has been off for more
- >>than, say, 5 minutes or so.
-
- >Consult the manual that goes with the motherboard,
- >or obtain the following information from a reliable
- >source:
-
- >There is a jumper on the motherboard that is used
- >to select Internal/External battery source. It is
- >likely to be located near the on-board battery.
- >It should be a 3-pin jumper, near a 4-pin connection
- >for an external battery pack.
-
- >If the machine you inherited had a bad on-board
- >battery, and the previous owner used an external
- >4 x AA pack, it is likely that the pack did not
- >survive the second ownership transfer.
-
- It is worth considering that is you are replacing the onboard
- battary, you need to leave the PC running for atleast 30 hours
- to allow the nicad battray (which comes uncharged) to charge up.
-
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- Tooraj Enayati Melbourne Australia tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au
- Monash University Robotic and Digital Technology (Graduate/Alumni)
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