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system time failure
Name: deian1 Date: April 6, 2004 at 06:57:01 Pacific OS: dos CPU/Ram: 4m/286
Comment:
about replacement of CMOS battery , I saw close of the processor one ic called DS1287 with an image of clock on the frontal side .it's him which must be replaced? also, with the specific application software I saw that my PC does not identify the network card (un old problem), but the jumpers are placed at:300h I/O and DC000h MEMORY. What that means and how this problem can be solved?
Name: steigrafx Date: April 6, 2004 at 07:17:23 Pacific
Reply:
No, the DS1287 is not the battery -- that is the integrated circuit with the actual clock. Look for a button-type cell (silver disk) or, on some older PC's, AA batteries.
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Response Number 2
Name: wizard-fred Date: April 6, 2004 at 14:53:30 Pacific
re: network card the jumpers are the i/o port and memory address the card is set to. They are used as parameters for the card driver loaded in autoexec.bat. Is the card a WD8003?
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Response Number 3
Name: steigrafx Date: April 7, 2004 at 08:25:09 Pacific
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I stand corrected, Fred. That must be quite an old PC. You certainly are a wizard!
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Response Number 4
Name: deian1 Date: April 8, 2004 at 08:46:35 Pacific
Reply:
where must i look to know which type is the network card? on which side of the card?
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Response Number 5
Name: wizard-fred Date: April 8, 2004 at 09:08:28 Pacific
Reply:
You are looking for a manufacturer (WD, SMC, Novell, Anthem, Thomas, 3-Com, etc.) an fcc id no, names/numbers on bigger chips. Version numbers.
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