Gary
Sun Apr 20 22:00:23 PDT 2008
Yes.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A270370D-BA5F-4253-BA91-439DB0B9073B@microsoft.com...
>I use a desktop, not a notebook computer. If I remove the battery that is
>on
> the motherboard, will the bios settings be lost?
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> "Mike Y" wrote:
>
>> The 'clock chip' is where the CMOS lives. The first few registers in the
>> clock
>> chip contain the time, the rest contain what people commonly refer to as
>> the
>> CMOS. Originally it was a separate part, a 146818 chip, but now it's
>> part
>> of much more complicated members of the 'chipset' for laptops.
>>
>> It has it's own battery so that the user can swap out the main battery
>> and
>> the
>> system still remembers everything.
>>
>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6AD4D835-2BC0-4F68-9F9C-FC7602830EC0@microsoft.com...
>> > I read that the battery only maintains the time. Therefore when the
>> battery
>> > dies, shouldn't only the time be affected?
>> > __________________________________________________________________
>> >
>> > "MEB" wrote:
>> >
>> > >
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ref/gen/cmos_battery.htm -
>> > > Motherboard
>> > > CMOS battery replacement or fixing CMOS errors
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
>> > > --
>> > > _________
>> > >
>> > > "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:73150CC7-722B-4F95-BCED-4588A64CEB6F@microsoft.com...
>> > > | During Bootup, the message below appeared:
>> > > |
>> > > | 105: CMOS Settings are Wrong
>> > > | 107: CMOS Display Type is Wrong
>> > > |
>> > > | Press F1 to run Setup
>> > > | Press F2 to Load Default Values and Continue
>> > > |
>> > > | Why did the above message appear?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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