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Thread ID: 17368	2002-04-03 21:14:00	2 questions, please help.	Guest (0)	Press F1

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41648	2002-04-03 21:14:00	Hi 1) Is it possible that the settings in bios can change all by it self? I'm asking this because 2 days ago, when I boot up the computer in the morning the computer made a very strange noise and later when it was in bios it show 'system abnormal hardware detected'. When I took it to a computer technician, they said that my bios system have been changed or there's no way that the computer would be acting like that. The weird thing was that, the day before this happened the computer was running real smoothly and I haven't being in bios for a some times. I only go there to check my CPU temp and System temp and that's it and quite with out saving. So could any help me on this one, thanks. 2) Second question, does any one know what that White Paste is called and where I can buy it? The white paste that is usually put between the CPU and the fan. And just wondering, this white paste stops the CPU over heat, right? or cools down. So if any one could help me on any one of these question, I'll be really grateful, thanks alot.	Guest (0)
41649	2002-04-03 23:18:00	Your computer configuration is held in a battery powered memory (CMOS). Once in a blue moon, this memory might get scrambled, for no obvious reason. If the battery is going flat - it normally shows up as your clock loosing time when the computer is switched off. The bios is in a more permanent type of memory (Flash) and normally doesn't give any problems (although there is at least one virus that attempts to destroy the bios; if it succeeds you have a worthless motherboard. I suspect your problem is a cmos corruption - which is not a major concern if it only happens once. Try Dick Smith for thermal paste. The paste doesn't magically cool anything - it simply improves the heat conduction between two surfaces.	Guest (0)
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