Re: Decrease in Momory Message

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From: Tom Porterfield (tpporter_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:22:06 -0500

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:57:25 -0800, The Baba wrote:

> I was working on a friends computer, and installing XP on it. It would get
> up to 33%, then it just stopped. I figured it was a memory issue, so I
> swapped out the 128MB stick for a good one I had. Everything installed fine,
> so I put in the old memory again. When it booted, it said 'Decrease in
> memory size'. I went to the BIOS it said it had 128MB. Everything worked
> fine though, except the date and time in the BIOS was 1/1/1999. I fixed that
> issue, and put the other 128MB stick in it, and the same date/time thing
> happened.
>
> Everything else is running fine.
>
> Could it be the BIOS battery that's the issue?

Yes, the first and most likely cause would be the battery. 

-- 
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
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