Why does my CMOS memory get erased???

[Charles Shahar]

Periodically (every 6 wks or so), my CMOS memory gets erased, and I have to
take my computer to a technician to get it fixed. Any idea why this may be
happening? He suggested it may be power fluctuations coming from my home
socket. Is this a possibility? Anything else which might be responsible? I
am running Win XP Pro, on an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, with 1.49 GHz, and 512 MB
of RAM. Thanks,

-Charles

[philo]

"Charles Shahar" <char...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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it could be a dead cmos battery...
you can probably replace it yourself...
they normally last (approx) 5 years

[Jim Macklin]

Sounds like you are a money source for the technician. To
check on the power, why not buy a quality UPS, a battery
backed surge suppressor. But most likely you have a dead
CMOS battery. If the tech has not changed it, you need a
better tech.

If he has been changing the battery, I suspect either he is
using old batteries or you have a bad mobo that is shorting
the battery.

"Charles Shahar" <char...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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[Shep©]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 08:55:58 -0500 Letting slip the dogs of war
"Charles Shahar" <char...@sympatico.ca> wrote :

A rare fault can be the CMOS re-charge circuit on the mother board.I
would also check the CMOS battery clips.The batteries are cheap and
can be got from many sources like,"Staples" for a good Duracell.Stop
paying the Tech as he's,"Taking the P*ss" IMHO.
What motherboard?

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