Clearing CMOS memory - What did I fix?

jumpy · 03-11-10, 03:02 AM

Could it be possible that your mobo battery is on the way out?

I had to replace mine recently following 'ntldr missing' error during bootup - the bios was reset to default, so didn't know which drive to boot windows from.
You could reset it in the bios then load windows, but the next time you switched off it would revert back to default. Lost time and date too which made my all programs list on the start menu think it had all new applications highlighted

bert8for3 · 03-11-10, 01:43 PM

Could be the battery I suppose; still, for mine whatever it was it's still working ok.

03-11-10, 03:02 AM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Could it be possible that your mobo battery is on the way out? I had to replace mine recently following 'ntldr missing' error during bootup - the bios was reset to default, so didn't know which drive to boot windows from. You could reset it in the bios then load windows, but the next time you switched off it would revert back to default. Lost time and date too which made my all programs list on the start menu think it had all new applications highlighted __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

03-11-10, 01:43 PM	#2
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Could be the battery I suppose; still, for mine whatever it was it's still working ok. __________________