Summary: It’s a long time since I have asked for help from this forum so forgive me if I have forgotten any rules. I am trying to repair an old tecra 510cdt ...
Summary: I have a gateway 2000 Solo2100 Laptop and i do not know where or how to remove the BIOS Battery. Can you help or give me a web site that can?? ...
Summary: Hello, i have a magitronic motherboard model A-P536CV-A and my bios Dallas clock is dead. My question : should i replace that component or where is th...
Summary: OK, so here is my problem. I have an older 166 with w98 on it. I just kind of put it together from some stuff I had laying around the house. It boo...
Summary: I used to delete passwords protecting BIOS's by unplugging the system and taking the BIOS battery out... didn't work with IBM systems though! ...
Summary: if you want to flush or reset the bios, you have to open the pc and find the bios battery, then just take it out completely and put it right back in.....
Summary: did u remove the bios battery or the laptop battery??? u have to remove the bios battery for a minimum of 2 minutes.. capacitors contain energy, ther...
Summary: I need to change the bios battery on a IBM PS/note 425 laptop. On start up the batt low and time incorrect errors apear. There are 4 configeration s...
Summary: Because you end up with a C:\ prompt, I assume that you used "format /s" which will make the C: drive bootable. (Incidently, using the /s switch ...
Summary: I'm trying to upgrade my little brother's computer and I ran into a problem. At first when I booted up I got a message that said "unworkable cpu" I f...
Summary: if you do end up changing anything and have problems try removing the bios battery for a week or two and then putting it back in your bios will be r...
Summary: Hi, Five years or so is good for a BIOS battery. When, not if, it fails you will get problems starting your computer as drives / devices etc may not b...
Summary: You can print out any of the several pages of the bios listings in most PCs as follows: Bring up the BIOS as per response 1. Press the 'Print Screen'....
Summary: When I start up my computer as it is going through its loading process it says "bios battery fail, loading default settings". I've replaced the batte...
Summary: This being a notebook and not a desktop then i recomend calling the manufacture, If it was a desktop then you could pull the bios battery but there is...
Summary: Hi, Bios on my computer has stopped booting. It seems the battery is weak. But I can't locate the familiar quarter-size thing on the mobo. Do BIOS b...
Summary: I have read in this forum that the removal of the bios battery may reset the password. For networking: http://www.netsimple.co.uk/users/mercenary/ne...
Summary: NO. The battery MUST be removable... If you are not confident on removing it I can take pics of the battery and how its to be removed and mail them to...
Summary: Hi, A Dell 133 running Win 98 FE or SE. Must be six years or so old. Replace the BIOS battery would be my first thought, there is no mention of you do...
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