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- From: lutz@solace.psych.rochester.edu (Dave Lutz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Help-losing CMOS setting
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.182624.26029@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 18:26:24 GMT
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- In <721317487.2@altern8.mi> Bob.Dickey@altern8.mi.org (Bob Dickey) writes:
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- >PP>I've been having an intermittent problem with my PC periodically
- >PP>losing all or part of its CMOS memory settings. Most commonly,
- >PP>the clock will lose anywhere from 1/2 hr. to 3 hrs. between
-
- >I have been having probs with my clock too. I don't know what the problem
- >is but it just seems to be the clock. Im on a 286 and rest of the CMOS
-
- Try replacing the CMOS battery. Just remember to write down all of the CMOS
- settings, because they all get hosed when you disconnect the battery. You'll
- have to go back in and fix them by hand unless you have a CMOS settings saver
- program.
-
- Dave Lutz
- lutz@psych.rochester.edu
-