Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

On 12/01/11 08:42, Bob Dunlop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 11 at 07:43, Adam John Trickett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote:
>>>> 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed
>>>> settings (that have not changed) on power up.
>>>
>>> BIOS battery needs replacing ...
>>
>> A "CR2032" according to the manual. I know that would cause the boot problems,
>> could it also cause the hardware freezes?
>
> Typical shelf life of lithium battery 7 years, machine is 6 years old, so a
> good bet. BIOS complaints and boot problems definitely. Freezing the system
> later, less likely but possible, it might cause problems with the video BIOS
> for example.
>
> Four pounds from a hardware store, got to be worth a try.
>
>
... or £5ish for a pack of 2 from Boots - I regularly have to buy them
for my Psion Netbook, 'cos I forget to charge up the main battery and it
sucks the life out of the backup battery trying to keep the RAM alive...

Ian
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