[Gllug] whoah

will will at hellacool.co.uk
Mon Oct 1 18:50:50 UTC 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: Dylan <dylan at shinyboots.org.uk>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] whoah


> I had that sort of problem recently - ended up having a semi-random
date/time
> each boot. New CMOS battery cured it for me.

On my old 486, the BIOS battery fell off the motherboard (with a certain
amount of interference from me + screwdriver) and I discovered that keeping
my printer connected to the parallel port and powered up kept the CMOS
powered up.

Will.


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