Quoting Guentcho Skordev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I have a similar but yet another problem. The battery of the clock is old, > and the clock is wrong if the power was off.
Can you not fit a new battery? Usually you can just plug the new one into the mobo without removing the old one. (It's usually a four-pin stretch of jumper pins, with the battery connecting to the outside pins.) > But I still don't know what to do if the connection fails (and sometimes it > happens). The only solution is to set the time somewhere manually, but is > there a way for this to be done earlier than logging in? Perhaps you could get in the habit of pressing Del (or F1 or F2) when you boot, and setting the CMOS clock. Beware, the next stage in battery drain may be for the mobo to keep dropping the entire CMOS contents, so it may be worth checking you have an up to date listing of your configuration. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
