On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 06:28:27PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote (slightly reformatted): > * Karl E. Jorgensen (karl@jorgensen.com) wrote: > > Problem: I have a machine that keeps loosing it's CMOS settings. > > Changing battery works - for a couple of weeks. > > > > Just a guess: your quickly-discharging battery suggests a > high-resistance or intermittent ground somewhere. Maybe you should > take the box apart (completely) and have a close look? Been there :-) Last time I changed the battery, I had a good look around inside it, but I didn't find anything I didn't expect to. Sherlock Holmes could probably have dated the machine merely based on the thickness of the dust layer. I doubt whether the dust could have caused it though - it still has the problem after a bit of cleaning. -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign x - Say NO to HTML in email / \ - Say NO to Word documents in email (and Macros!)
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