cmos resets every start-up?

noopdoggy · Post by **noopdoggy** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:20 pm

OK this is not my system, belongs to a customer. The system is 2 months old. no problems until the time change? so they say. The machine will not keep the time, and when it starts up says cmos error press f1 to continue. otherwise the system functions normally.. even if you go and change the date/time in the bios, it won't stay. We have changed the mb battery, no luck. millenium won't set a back up because it lists the date as 1899!...
800 mz duron
win ME

any thoughts on what is causing this or how the cure it?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:54 pm

Flash the bios to the latest version. Either it's corrupt or it has a bug.

tyler_durden · Post by **tyler_durden** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:07 pm

maybe a bad battery on the mobo?

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:11 pm

Could the battery in the CMOS backup be about dead already? Worth a look............. oops, beat me to it Tyler

sethpa

Splitfire · Post by **Splitfire** » Sun Nov 25, 2001 1:20 am

Actually, noopdoggy beat both of you. Try reading the original post again.

BTW Tyler, I like your new message jig under your name. I think I'm going to change mine to that also.

noopdoggy · Post by **noopdoggy** » Mon Nov 26, 2001 1:11 pm

Well I now find out the young 13 year owner had installed Tweak UI on this system right before all the problems started! As we all should know Tweak UI Sucks!..It don't work on Win Me and there is no microsoft support for all the systems it has screwed with or crashed..we are going to try a total reload and a bios flash..will let you'al know.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:59 pm

No possible way that TweakUI could affect the BIOS or CMOS settings.

Also, I've been using TweakUI for a LONG time on literally hundreds of systems and never had an issue with it.

All TweakUI does is add a CPL file and adds a registry entry to the RUN section to start it up on boot. It's easily disabled by unchecking it in the Startup tab in MSCONFIG.

I'd look somewhere else - I seriously doubt that's your problem.

Whatever the problem is it can't have ANYTHING to do with Windows - this is BIOS level issue, otherwise you'd be able to change the clock in BIOS.

I'd definately try flashing the BIOS, but a reformat is a bit extreme.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:57 pm

I agree with you FP. I use "TweakUI" and the "send to" powertoy. It sounds more like a hardware or bios issue.

Diggrr · Post by **Diggrr** » Thu Nov 29, 2001 1:14 am

From what you're describing, it sounds like he got a bug along with Tweak. Did he get it from Microshaft's site or from a warez site?

The only other thing I can think of is a cold solderjoint on the battery clips...sounds stupid, but I've seen solder joints get our $8,000 dollar lasers returned. It should look like it flowed onto the metal instead of a bead of solder sitting on the metal tabs.

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