hockeyjx Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Random funny: it took me way too long to realize that the reason the BIOS was asking for settings to be changed is because the CR2032 battery on the motherboard was dead, and I completely cut the power to the machine when not in use. I EVENTUALLY realized the date reverted on the BIOS to default and not current ...THEN the lightbulb went off. Guess I need to go back for my A+ cert! 🙃 #IfeelSHAME #doYOUevenITbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 (edited) It was funnier in the PS/2 days when the dallas RTC chip would run the clock *backwards* when the battery died. Oh, and when I did computer repair for a living, I was teh only one that ever checked RTC batteries when there were problems...everyone else I ever worked with just replaced motherboards (which also replaces that battery in most cases, and when it didn't come wiht the board they'd swap it over from the old one and hte problem persisted, and they gave up on the machine, and I'd have to take over, and replace the battery to fix it). We were all A+ and in most cases various-manufacturer-certified, but it didn't make any of them any better at troubleshooting. Edited September 26 by Amberwolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyjx Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 1 hour ago, Amberwolf said: It was funnier in the PS/2 days when the dallas RTC chip would run the clock *backwards* when the battery died. I also remember those days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 That sounds a lot like my days working on cars. All the alternators in the world won't charge the battery when there's almost a 2 volt drop on the positive cable because of corrosion. Or when the battery itself has a dead cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Or when there *is* no batery because it fell out of the rusted out holder.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 4 hours ago, Amberwolf said: Or when there *is* no batery because it fell out of the rusted out holder.... 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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