Mike Maas wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:35:05 -0700, Mike Maas
> <docmaas-nospam.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I think this may have started when I added 512mb of ram. The ram I
>>started with is 2100. I added 2700. The system sees all the ram but
>>sometimes the system reverts back to default monitor setting while
>>watching movies. I think this only started after I added the faster
>>ram.
>>
>>I left the system unused for 8 months when I went to China, Upon my
>>return I attempted to set the time from within windows xp pro but
>>while it would appear to take the time setting with no error messages
>>the time never changed. Tonight I tried resetting it in the bios but
>>when I enter the bios I can only hit the page up key or any other key
>>three times and the bios freezes with a message in a red box saying
>>something about loading failsafe defaults. AT that point though I can
>>only exit via the reset or restart but when I go back the bios
>>calendar was incremented.
>>
>>I guess the first thing I need to do is to get the bios so that I can
>>do more than one keystroke before it hangs. Is a flash the answer to
>>this kind of problem? Msinfo says the bios is LTD 6.00 PG 7/17/02.
>>
>>Usually there aren't any problems aside from playing movies but I only
>>discovered the bios freeze problem tonight and I'm not sure what is
>>going on.
>>
>>thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>>Mike
>
>
It sounds like a dead battery (for the CMOS).
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