Mike Michel:


Just to let you know, I got into it, but still have a situation.  I had to
disconnect my ps/2 mouse from the pc and it booted up and gave me the stock
logo and I hit delete and changed everything and saved it, let it boot and
date was fine.  Shut it down, plugged the mouse in , no logo screen, loaded
with the wrong date.  Go figure.  That gives me an option to use a different
mouse.  This one is other than factory cause that one quit working.  Figure
ps/2 is a ps/2 not according to the bios.  I will get another one and try,
but if I can't I will go with usb or an older serial connection, which is
fine.  Let me know if youhave ever heard of this, thanks Brian















----- Original Message -----
From: "mike" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] still cannot access bios/cmos to fix date


> On Fri, 4 Jan 1980 22:52:14--  Brian wrote:
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Try removing the 40 pin hard drive ribbon cable and boot the machine. You
> should get harddrive failer message and a message that tells you how to
> enter setup.  If not, the cmos is corrupted and needs to be replaced.
>  I don't believe a bios update will help because access to setup is
firmware
> which is set by the manufacturer.
>
> mike michel
>
>

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