Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC
On Wednesday 12 January 2011 09:52:43 Ian Park wrote: > On 12/01/11 08:42, Bob Dunlop wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 11 at 07:43, Adam John Trickett wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> >>>> 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? [snip] > > Four pounds from a hardware store, got to be worth a try.
>
> ... or £5ish for a pack of 2 from Boots - I regularly have to buy them
> for my Psion Netbook, 'cos I forget to charge up the main battery and it
> sucks the life out of the backup battery trying to keep the RAM alive...
Or £3.49 for 12 from Amazon - probably better in your case!!*
