Rob;
sounds like the cmos battery to me.
here is a link to IBM thinkpad support for your model
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F37F22B53
used makeashorterlink.com, you will be forwarded to the link.
shows an exploded diagram looks like item 18 is the cmos battery
The diagram may help in replacing the battery, they are usually
right under the keyboard and aren't too tough to change.
Radio shack may have the battery.
<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Cilia" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] problems during laptop bootup process


> Good Day Everyone, I have a IBM ThinkPad R30 laptop running win2k that is
> experiencing bootup problems.   Recently this laptop starting experiencing
problems
> during bootup.  Instead of launching win2k after the power-on password it
> goes into bios setup screen, the date shown is not the current date (it's
> always mth's,days and yrs off, ex. Instead of today's today it shows
> 11/24/2059 - the date changes each time this happens), all of the settings
> are messed with such as boot up sequence, power saver modes, cpu startup
> speed, cdrom speed modes, numlock/caplock settings, etc. > out the
internal hardware.)  Any suggestions would be welcome!

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