cmos reset itself??

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by lemonsplice, Dec 29, 2005.

  1. lemonsplice

    lemonsplice Private E-2

    Hi Everyone

    A little help or perhaps a lot im not sure. 2 weeks ago my computer reset itself while my daughter was trying to save the sims ..as in the cmos reset itself the computer crashed and then I got a black screen that told me to go and reset time and date info or load default. I loaded default. Anyway from then on the computer has been freezing constantly i get about 1/2 net time and then freeze reboot and its ok. 2 days ago the same thing happened again black screen wouldnt reboot for a while then i got this cmos warning again this time i went and reset the dates etc. Thinking that this would fix it all up errr nope same thing freezing all the time. I have no virus's that i know of on the pc and did extensive virus testing when this happened. I use symantec corporate edition, I also did a bit defender virus scan, and a few others and nothing came up. Any ideas??
     
    lemonsplice, Dec 29, 2005
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  2. foogoo

    foogoo Major "foogoo" Geek

    Checked the battery?
     
    foogoo, Dec 29, 2005
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  3. Bobomoomin

    Bobomoomin Specialist

    Batterys probably low :(
     
    Bobomoomin, Dec 29, 2005
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  4. lemonsplice

    lemonsplice Private E-2

    battery ? im confused, its not a laptop just your average run of the mill pc
     
    lemonsplice, Dec 29, 2005
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  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Yep your normal run of the mill PC also has a Bios/CMOS battery on the motherboard, its one of those button type batteries normally,


    http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/3589/mobobiosbattery6ql.jpg


    looks this the above picture ( the big shinny gold looking bit ... altho they are silver thats a picture/flash issue ) , it may be in a different location on your motherboard, but should have an id type for you to purchase a new one.
     
    DavidGP, Dec 29, 2005
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  6. lemonsplice

    lemonsplice Private E-2

    ok thanks heaps i will try that today and let you know what happens.. :)
     
    lemonsplice, Dec 29, 2005
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  7. hugh750

    hugh750 MajorGeek

    I with all the other replies it's most likely the cmos battery is going bad on you.
     
    hugh750, Dec 29, 2005
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  8. lemonsplice

    lemonsplice Private E-2

    thank-you all very much...it worked yay..:D

    Happy New Year to Everyone..
     
    lemonsplice, Dec 30, 2005
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  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Good stuff lemonsplice, glad that was the simple fix :)

    and happy New Year to you too!
     
    DavidGP, Dec 30, 2005
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