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cmos resets every start-up?
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:20 pm
by noopdoggy
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?
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:54 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Flash the bios to the latest version. Either it's corrupt or it has a bug.
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:07 pm
by tyler_durden
maybe a bad battery on the mobo?
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:11 pm
by sethpa
Could the battery in the CMOS backup be about dead already? Worth a look............. oops, beat me to it Tyler
sethpa
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2001 1:20 am
by Splitfire
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.
Problem-Tweak UI?!
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 1:11 pm
by noopdoggy
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.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:59 pm
by FlyingPenguin
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.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:57 pm
by NascarFool
I agree with you FP. I use "TweakUI" and the "send to" powertoy. It sounds more like a hardware or bios issue.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 1:14 am
by Diggrr
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.