On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:14:36 +0000
> 
> Adam John Trickett <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have two near identical Digital Network UK desktop systems bought in
> > 2005. Mine gets used more than the other and has been reliable up until
> > the last few days, when it has started to behave oddly.
> > 
> > 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed
> > settings (that have not changed) on power up.
> 
> BIOS battery needs replacing ...
A "CR2032" according to the manual. I know that would cause the boot problems, 
could it also cause the hardware freezes?
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