Re: CMOS Battery

<bryan.keller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1149814672.981777.175540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Does anyone have any suggestions for my problem? I have an old IBM PC
Server. The BIOS resets itself when I power off the box. I replaced
the CMOS Battey and this still happens. Basically I just want to turn
this box into a firewall or a small file server. However with the bios
resetting, the keyboardless operation disables and wont boot properly
without a keyboard. and the same goes for the display. therefore
forcing me to keep a keyboard and monitor connected to it at all times.
I want to store it away in a closet and not have to worry about it. Is
there anyway I could change the BIOS to have different default
settings? Let me know if anyone has any ideas. I really don't want to
have to put any money into this, if thats the case i'll just buy
another box.


If it is a file server or firewalling host, why are you powering it down? Just leave it powered on all the time. The battery is only used to retain settings when the box is powered down to retain the settings that were copied from the BIOS into the CMOS table or changed in the table. If you leave the box powered up all the time, the battery is superfluous. If you have power outages then get a UPS for that box. File servers and firewall appliances do not get powered down. Do you power down your cable modem? Or the NAT router attached to the cable modem? Just power down the monitor (if you leave one attached) but leave the box powered up.

How do you know that the wafer battery that you put in to replace the old one was any good? Did you try another one (and with a later expiration date since they all have a shelf life)? Was it a wafer battery or a small box that had wires that connect to a 2-pin header on the motherboard? Are you sure the wafer battery wasn't inserted upside down or the 2-pin header was reversed?

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