Re: BIOS setting won't save

Test your battery. Shut the computer off, pull the plug, let sit for ten
minutes, plug it in, power up and check the time.
If time is incorrect---you need a new battery.
"1mce" <1mce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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All good suggestions, thanks. I did think of the battery. However, I am
not
having any issues with my time and date. Do you think it could still be
the
battery?

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:17 -0400, "shawn"
<yuppicide138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Maybe the battery for your BIOS is dead.


Maybe, but I'd expect 1mce to experience other symptoms, like the
time/date being wrong, if that were the case.


Maybe that's why it won't hold your
setting. You can get them brand new online from Digi-Key's website for
about
.30 cents


I just checked their web site. It's actually 28 cents. A very low
price.


+ shipping.


But their lowest shipping price to my location is $7.47. That makes
the total come to $7.75, a very *high* price.

Even if shipping is less to other locations, the total price with
shipping is still almost certainly a high one.


If you buy them in the store expect to pay about $2 to
$3.


Yes, and that's a *much cheaper* price than $7.75.



If you buy it in Radio Shack they're 3 for like $12!

Replacing the battery will require you opening one side of your
computer
case, you can find it on the motherboard. I'd be sure to unplug the
power
supply, and ground yourself before touching anything. It's a round
battery
about the size of a quarter.

Mine is a CR2032, as I recently ordered 10 of them to do the whole
office.

"1mce" <1mce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Somehow the PowerON got set to AUTO on my computer. I alway turn off
my
computer when away for an extended time and turn off the surge
protector.
Now when I power on the surge protector, my compter powers up w/o
having
to
press the button.

I have gone in to have it "NOT" do this, but it keeps reverting to
AUTO
on.
Any ideas on how to keep the NOT (Stay Off) setting to remain.
Thanks for your help.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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