Sounds exactly like a CMOS battery problem.
You will need to find out if this part is user serviceable.
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-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Rob Cilia
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:57 AM
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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.
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