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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:16:19 -0700
> From: moore <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: battery replacement
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> First, thank you all for responding to my question about loosing the
> date/time. I looked in the spec book for the VS440FX Intel motherboard and
> the battery is a socketed, coin-cell type. They say this battery should
> last 7 years and it's been in there about 3 years. My dumb question
> concerns the proceedure for replacing this battery. Are there settings that
> will be lost when I replace it? Do I just shut off and unplug the computer
> and put in the new battery? Thanx.
>
> John Moore
There are utilities like Abacus' CMOS.EXE that save the SETUP to a floppy and
return it to the CMOS. You can also get into SETUP and hit <Shift>-<PrtScrn>
to print each screen as you page through SETUP. If you are just a little bit
worried, you can do both before you pull the plug and change the battery.
Note: You will need a bootable disk (check it out first), too.
Boyd Ramsay
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