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Post #166,534
by Another Scott
7/28/04 9:02:11 PM
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New Bad CMOS backup battery -> lost settings -> weirdness?
With it being 3 years old, it's a possibility.

That's one of the advantages of keeping a PC on all the time - if the CMOS battery backup dies, it takes a long time to notice it. ;-)

But I dunno for sure. It sounds like Windows got mangled too and I don't think just the CMOS battery dying could explain the symptoms.

It might be the power supply too - a weak supply can cause lots of strageness.

HTH. GL!

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #166,593
by Ashton
7/29/04 7:03:53 AM
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New Will check that.
I'd expect that to need to redetect the HD, but gather that marginal volts can nuke seeming random mem locations.. before whole chip content is garbage. Hmm - in the older setups (RAM) refresh times could be altered too.

Easier to check than to speculate..

Gracias
     Doze/Dell trivial puzzle? - (Ashton) - (6) - July 28, 2004, 05:23:21 PM EDT
         Sounds like a bad Star Trek episode - (deSitter) - July 28, 2004, 05:30:32 PM EDT
         WAG - (altmann) - (2) - July 28, 2004, 05:39:02 PM EDT
             I guess Doze could 'mistake' the two - (Ashton) - (1) - July 28, 2004, 08:51:27 PM EDT
                 Re: I guess Doze could 'mistake' the two - (deSitter) - July 28, 2004, 08:54:49 PM EDT
         Bad CMOS backup battery -> lost settings -> weirdness? - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 28, 2004, 09:02:11 PM EDT
             Will check that. - (Ashton) - July 29, 2004, 07:03:53 AM EDT

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