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Re: [LUG] Bizarr temperature halt

 

On Monday 09 July 2007 13:09, Michael Mortimore wrote:
> > I have one idea that it could be my BIOS battery running out...
>
> I thought (or assumed) they were rechargeable.
No - at lease the last ones I looked at weren't - the idea is to keep the BIOS 
alive as long as possible and rechargeables 'leak' and even a cheap 'proper' 
battery will keep the BIOS going for 5 or 6 years without turning the PC on.

Its easy to check tho - reset the BIOS to factory default, change something 
and then turn it off overnight - if the change has gone its time to get your 
hands dirty.
Tom te tom te tom


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