Greetings--

If, after resetting the system date and clock in CMOS, the system will not
retain the correct date and time, the problem is (almost without question) a
CMOS battery in need of replacement. 


Paul A. Shippert
Utilitarian
Margaret Brent Middle School
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:05 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] System Date is Changing to 1/1/2000

This is three times in the last two or three months that I have had problems
getting this IBM NetVista P4 (purchased off lease) PC to even boot up.  Then
when it finally does, the system date has been reset to 1/1/2000.  And that
gives me all kinds of security alerts when I try to acdess a web site. I've
seen this problem listed before sometime in the past and believe it's a
battery problem for the cmos (did I say that right?).  But would like a
confirmation. Thanks.

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