NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/bit/listserv/cdromlan/2160

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From:         "John D. Namias" <[e-mail]>
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This may sound silly, but the first (and most important) step in changing
your battery is to make a copy of your CMOS settings.  I have seen people
replace their batteries and then try to figure out what the CMOS settings
were -- especially the type of hard drive.

John D. Namias

>
> > Dave Bloomberg writes:
> >
> > It has been our experience that most of our PC's have been solid
> > performers for 4-5 years w/o incident.  When things go bad, it
> > has been mostly hard drives; and chips on the highly integrated
> > motherboards that require outside service.
>
> I just read an article that says after about 5 years the battery that runs
> CMOS RAM dies. Some symptoms are faulty hard disks. So all you have to do
> is replace the battery, reset the configuration and you're back in business.
> I've never done this before, but it sounds like something to try before you
> spend big dollars sending the PC outside for service.
>
> Greg Bruno
> [e-mail]
>