The BIOS battery is replaceable, they are usually in a socket of some type.

After replacement you will have to redo the settings in the BIOS, assuming 
everything else is okay.

A dead BIOS battery is not the end of the computer.


Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 9:36 AM
Subject: Very Strange Issue With Windows XP Logging Computer


> Hello, everyone.
>
>
>
> I was getting ready to work some of the ARRL 10-meter contest this 
> morning,
> and something very strange has happened to my old Windows XP logging
> computer.
>
>
>
> I successfully installed and tested the updated N3FJP logging software for
> the contest last night, but today, when I turn on my computer, I can't get
> into any of the programs on the machine.  If I turn on the computer, I can
> hear the hard drive start to engage, but after waiting for a few seconds,
> nothing happens, other than a double beep which I'm sure  indicates
> something. . Jaws will not come up, so I can't read the screen.  And, my 
> XYL
> is not here to look at the screen.
>
>
>
> Has anyone experienced this sort of thing before, and if so, how do you 
> get
> the computer back into normal operation?
>
>
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> 


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