From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: February 26, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: CMOS losing settings.
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> My question sir i about my cmos setting. i have a P4 2.8ghz
> with P4P800s-se asus mobo. It start when i clear the cmos
> setting. I followed th instruction in in the mobo manual in
> resetting cmos, all of a suddun whwn i boot the pc a message
> appear something like this "Cmos setting error", "Invalid
> time and date settings", "F1 to cintinue", "F2 to load setup
> default". The problem comes when i shutdow the pc. after an
> hour i turn it on again and the message apear again "Cmos
> setting error", and this happens everytime shutdown my pc for
> a long time. When i open it again the error appear again. I
> hope you can help me in my problem. its been month i'm to
> figure out what shoul I do. Thank you very much and more power.
Sounds like the CMOS battery is dead. THat's a separate battery
typically on the motherboard that keeps the CMOS energized
when the machine is not powered on. Should be relatively easy to
replace.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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