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echo: 80xxx
to: BRYAN SCHWARTZ
from: DAVE MCDONOUGH
date: 1998-03-15 01:30:00
subject: CMOS

 BS> The CMOS holds its data when the computer is shut off because a small
 BS> recharagable battery on the motherboard keeps it supplied with a tiny
 BS> electric current. Let the battery run down by keeping the computer off
The computer hasn't ran in months before I tried using it.. Can't copy the 
CMOS info because I can't even get far enough to. I don't think it uses a 
battery. a lot of motherboards use a capacitor, so what I think I'm gonna 
have to do is discharge every damn capacitor on the board until it's 
comopletely juiceless. (btw- to discharge a capacitor just short the 2 leads 
witha screwdriver). I'll have to pull the whole thing apart. I was just 
hoping one of you had a CMOS zapper laying around, but I couldn't use it 
anyways. oh well...
... RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure!
--- Bink/Max/GE 1.20 Pro
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