[Gllug] What's messing with my BIOS? (and a GRUB question)

[George]

On Tuesday 01 January 2008 15:11:20 John Winters wrote:
> > On Tue 01 Jan, John Winters wrote:
> >> I've hit an odd problem with a PC which I'm trying to set up to dual
> >> boot.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> John
> >
> >    I assume it is not old enough to have BIOS battery problems, which
> > would
> > probably affect the clock as well.
>
> No, it's quite a modern computer (hence SATA) and everything else is saved
> fine.
>
> John
Hi,
      A  modern board is no shield against a defective battery. The last thing 
the ram in the bios will "forget" is the date and time although very bad time 
keeping is a sign  of battery aging


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Geo
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