- Getting error message - CMOS CheckSum Error - Defaults Loaded - CMOS battery failed
- Posted by Ismael on February 4th, 2004
Hello everyone,
I'm getting the following error message "CMOS CheckSum Error - Defaults
Loaded - CMOS battery failed". I could change the battery but it looks like
the battery was soldered on to the motherboard and may become difficult to
remove and replace. If I don't care about having the wrong time or saving
other/different settings in BIOS other than what the defaults are, I was
wondering if it is necessary to change the battery? I can always bypass
this error by pressing the F1 key and then the computer proceeds to load
Win98SE. Does anyone know of any side affect of not replacing the battery
on the motherboard?
Thanks to all that reply,
Ismael Jr.
- Posted by PCR on February 4th, 2004
I don't know, really... but... I guess... if the default BIOS settings
hold, & those are what you use... then...
Anyway, BETTER put these two lines at TOP of Autoexec.bat...
DATE
TIME
C:\>date
Current date is Wed 02-04-2004
Enter new date (mm-dd-yy):
C:\>time
Current time is 3:01:24.42a
Enter new time:
If the prompts report correctly, just hit ENTER. If not, enter the
correct values. This will set the date/time that Windows will use.
To see more info... "DATE /?", "TIME /?".
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Ismael" <I_Tena@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Hello everyone,
|
| I'm getting the following error message "CMOS CheckSum Error -
Defaults
| Loaded - CMOS battery failed". I could change the battery but it
looks like
| the battery was soldered on to the motherboard and may become
difficult to
| remove and replace. If I don't care about having the wrong time or
saving
| other/different settings in BIOS other than what the defaults are, I
was
| wondering if it is necessary to change the battery? I can always
bypass
| this error by pressing the F1 key and then the computer proceeds to
load
| Win98SE. Does anyone know of any side affect of not replacing the
battery
| on the motherboard?
|
| Thanks to all that reply,
|
| Ismael Jr.
|
|
- Posted by Richard G. Harper on February 4th, 2004
Yeah, it's necessary to change the battery. CMOS stores lots of other
information, like the physical layout of your hard drive. You would, I
assume, be very unhappy if your PC woke up one morning and decided to reset
those settings and trash your hard drive?
--
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"Ismael" <I_Tena@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by BeamGuy on February 4th, 2004
That would depend on what the "default" BIOS settings are. If the default
is "AUTO" then the BIOS will go out and find the settings for the drive
each time it boots. That is how most of my systems are configured.
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message news:%23B5g7mx6DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
- Posted by Richard G. Harper on February 4th, 2004
.... or suppose it lost his COM port settings, or memory speed settings ...
the hard drive was an example of the other information it stores.
THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. It's that simple. Failing to do so will
eventually result in system problems unless the system is fully
re-configured before being powered-up after being off.
--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
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"BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by PCR on February 4th, 2004
You are putting the kibosh on a budding Master Post, Harper!
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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| ... or suppose it lost his COM port settings, or memory speed settings
....
| the hard drive was an example of the other information it stores.
|
| THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. It's that simple. Failing to do so
will
| eventually result in system problems unless the system is fully
| re-configured before being powered-up after being off.
|
| --
| Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
| * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
| * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
| * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
| news:ujtZPty6DHA.2760@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > That would depend on what the "default" BIOS settings are. If the
default
| > is "AUTO" then the BIOS will go out and find the settings for the
drive
| > each time it boots. That is how most of my systems are configured.
| >
| > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
| > news:%23B5g7mx6DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| >> Yeah, it's necessary to change the battery. CMOS stores lots of
other
| >> information, like the physical layout of your hard drive. You
would, I
| >> assume, be very unhappy if your PC woke up one morning and decided
to
| >> reset
| >> those settings and trash your hard drive?
| >>
| >> --
| >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
| >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
| >> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
| >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| >>
| >> "Ismael" <I_Tena@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| >> news:unDN5ht6DHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| >> > Hello everyone,
| >> >
| >> > I'm getting the following error message "CMOS CheckSum Error -
Defaults
| >> > Loaded - CMOS battery failed". I could change the battery but it
looks
| >> > like
| >> > the battery was soldered on to the motherboard and may become
difficult
| >> > to
| >> > remove and replace. If I don't care about having the wrong time
or
| >> > saving
| >> > other/different settings in BIOS other than what the defaults
are, I
| >> > was
| >> > wondering if it is necessary to change the battery? I can always
| >> > bypass
| >> > this error by pressing the F1 key and then the computer proceeds
to
| >> > load
| >> > Win98SE. Does anyone know of any side affect of not replacing
the
| >> > battery
| >> > on the motherboard?
| >> >
| >> > Thanks to all that reply,
| >> >
| >> > Ismael Jr.
| >> >
| >> >
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
- Posted by Richard G. Harper on February 4th, 2004
Then I have accomplished something useful today. ;-)
--
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"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
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- Posted by PCR on February 4th, 2004
Perhaps you have!
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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| Then I have accomplished something useful today. ;-)
|
| --
| Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
| * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
| * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
| * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:O8zy2526DHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > You are putting the kibosh on a budding Master Post, Harper!
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| > pcrrcp@netzero.net
| > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
| > news:OF%23x6Q06DHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > | ... or suppose it lost his COM port settings, or memory speed
settings
| > ...
| > | the hard drive was an example of the other information it stores.
| > |
| > | THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. It's that simple. Failing to
do so
| > will
| > | eventually result in system problems unless the system is fully
| > | re-configured before being powered-up after being off.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
| > | * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
| > | * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
| > | * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > |
| > | "BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
| > | news:ujtZPty6DHA.2760@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > | > That would depend on what the "default" BIOS settings are. If
the
| > default
| > | > is "AUTO" then the BIOS will go out and find the settings for
the
| > drive
| > | > each time it boots. That is how most of my systems are
configured.
| > | >
| > | > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:%23B5g7mx6DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > | >> Yeah, it's necessary to change the battery. CMOS stores lots
of
| > other
| > | >> information, like the physical layout of your hard drive. You
| > would, I
| > | >> assume, be very unhappy if your PC woke up one morning and
decided
| > to
| > | >> reset
| > | >> those settings and trash your hard drive?
| > | >>
| > | >> --
| > | >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com
| > | >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
| > | >> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied
to.
| > | >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > | >>
| > | >> "Ismael" <I_Tena@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > | >> news:unDN5ht6DHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > | >> > Hello everyone,
| > | >> >
| > | >> > I'm getting the following error message "CMOS CheckSum
Error -
| > Defaults
| > | >> > Loaded - CMOS battery failed". I could change the battery
but it
| > looks
| > | >> > like
| > | >> > the battery was soldered on to the motherboard and may become
| > difficult
| > | >> > to
| > | >> > remove and replace. If I don't care about having the wrong
time
| > or
| > | >> > saving
| > | >> > other/different settings in BIOS other than what the defaults
| > are, I
| > | >> > was
| > | >> > wondering if it is necessary to change the battery? I can
always
| > | >> > bypass
| > | >> > this error by pressing the F1 key and then the computer
proceeds
| > to
| > | >> > load
| > | >> > Win98SE. Does anyone know of any side affect of not
replacing
| > the
| > | >> > battery
| > | >> > on the motherboard?
| > | >> >
| > | >> > Thanks to all that reply,
| > | >> >
| > | >> > Ismael Jr.
| > | >> >
| > | >> >
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
