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Name: MOHAGANEE (by MOHAGIAN) Date: September 23, 2007 at 00:03:46 Pacific OS: win98 se CPU/Ram: AMD K-6 Product: COMPAQ PRESARIO 1625!
Comment:
Hi expert folks, Ever before I mentioned that I got the old laptop Compaq series 1625 model unit with a 266 MHz AMD-K6 MMX enhanced processor, 128 MB RAM, 512 KB L2 cache and 24X CD-ROM with 4 gig HD. The problem is that recently when I turn on the laptop, during the booting it displays, CPU= AMD-K6 266 MHz 00000640k system RAM passed 00130048k Extended RAM passed 0512k Cache SRAM Passed Mouse initialized Fixed Disk 0: FUJITSU MHA2032AT ATAPI CD-ROM: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1802B ERROR Save to Disk partition not found 0270: REAL TIME CLOCK ERROR feature is disabled Run phdisk for information. FILE: create new. PARTITION: consult manual. Hit any key to exit. F1 boot F10 Computer setup
Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3) Date: September 23, 2007 at 02:05:42 Pacific
Reply:
This makes me think that maby the BIOS battery has gone dead:
"0270: REAL TIME CLOCK ERROR feature is disabled"
and this one sounds like the hard drive is having problems although could also be because of the flat battery:
"ERROR Save to Disk partition not found"
You should have a look in the BIOS and check the startup options, it seems very likely the BIOS battery is flat.
Mattwizz3 :
Vista Home Basic A7N8X-E Deluxe 2.2GHz Sempron 2GB DDR400 GeForce 6800Ultra
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: September 23, 2007 at 06:51:15 Pacific
Reply:
I agree that it sounds like a bad CMOS battery.
Did you press F10 to access the BIOS & check your settings to see if they're correct? If the date/time are wrong, that's a sure sign that the battery needs replacing.
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Response Number 3
Name: MOHAGANEE (by MOHAGIAN) Date: September 23, 2007 at 23:09:31 Pacific
Reply:
Yes ,whenever i enter into the bios,it displays the wrong date and time.
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