| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 55440 | 2005-03-10 09:46:00 | CMOS Battery? Changing it safely... | Princess (7275) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 332805 | 2005-03-11 07:11:00 | Umm, normally you cant change settings before u take this battery out. Just turn the system off, take the CMOS battery out, and once replaced, (wait for about 30 sec - 1 min). Turn the system back on. Then go into the BIOS and reset it / change to whatever settings u had before and then save the settings. Thats it. Not wanting to 'change' settings - just ensuring I don't lose anything when changing the battery. Everyone has provided enough info, which has been very helpful. Cheers to all :rolleyes: |
Princess (7275) | ||
| 332806 | 2005-03-11 07:19:00 | Not wanting to 'change' settings - just ensuring I don't lose anything when changing the battery. Everyone has provided enough info, which has been very helpful. Cheers to all :rolleyes: Usually u will lose the settings (in the BIOS), as thats what the battery is for. The settings. You'll have to go into the BIOS and do whatever settings u had before. Then save them again. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 332807 | 2005-03-11 08:15:00 | Don't most CMOS batteries last at least 5 years? NX9010 laptops only came out a year or so ago (I have one and its not causing me any probs) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 332808 | 2005-03-11 21:20:00 | If you have a digital camera, just photograph each CMOS screen. Check that the results are all readable before you proceed. Billy 8-{) where were you a couple of years ago Billy, I could have use that idea then, its brillant (so long as you dont store the images on the pc whos BIOS you are changing :lol: ) |
beama (111) | ||
| 332809 | 2005-03-11 23:08:00 | where were you a couple of years ago Billy, I could have use that idea then, its brillant (so long as you dont store the images on the pc whos BIOS you are changing :lol: ) I was right here Beama, have been since the MK1 forum, now we are at Mk3. I've posted that advice previously too. It is also good for BSOD information, odd boot error messages or any other on-screen event that happens when you can't do a screen capture. Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||