Alan Beagley wrote:
> On 03/05/08 02:51 pm Ed Durrant wrote:
>
>   
>>> I will try pulling yjhe battery and see what happens.
>>> yhanks.
>>>       
>
>   
>>   On any motherboard younger than 5 years, you shouldn't need to pull 
>> the battery, there will be a jumper you can move with the system off, 
>> then power the system on, wait 10 seconds, power off again, reset the 
>> jumper back to where it was and then restart again and the CMOS settings 
>> will have been reset.
>>     
>
>
> The docs. for my Asus motherboards bought within the last couple of 
> years still say to remove the battery *and* move a jumper to clear the CMOS.
>
> -=-
> Alan
>
>
>
>   
Hmm, sounds a bit redundant - but as always - do what the manual for 
your particular motherboard says. Removing and replacing the battery 
should cause no issues if you are careful, so if the manual says so, do 
it anyway.

Cheers/2

Ed.



 
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