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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:50:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeffrey John Kyllo <jkyllo@u.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux@u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: BIOS Batts
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Actually, that's precisely my problem.  When I shutdown, the battery
doesn't keep the bios settings and the clock/harddrive/whatever settings
are lost.  It's a little annoying which is why I leave it on all the time
now.

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, mike h wrote:

> Interesting.  I thought the system clock was set based on the hardware
> (CMOS) clock.  If you replace the battery the (hardware) time would
> probably be reset.  I wonder what would happen at your next reboot, or the
> next time the system referenced the hardware clock...
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Michael Hornung		foobar@u.washington.edu
> 
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, BRAD JOHNSON wrote:
> 
> |You should have no problems if you don't have a battery in the slot.
> |Imagine having a radio that runs both from batteries and from AC power.  If
> |you leave the batteries out and plug the radio into the wall, it doesn't
> |cause any problems.
> |
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Jeffrey John Kyllo [mailto:jkyllo@u.washington.edu]
> |Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 3:30 PM
> |To: UW Linux Group
> |Subject: BIOS Batts
> |
> |
> |This isn't really specifically related to Linux but I'll give it a shot
> |anyway.  I have a computer with bad BIOS battery and I'd like to take it
> |out before it corrodes and starts leaking.  But, is it okay to have a
> |machine running with an open connection like that?  I pretty much always
> |have the computer running so I don't really _need_ it to hold the BIOS
> |settings for now.  If anyone has tried this, then please share your
> |wisdom.  Thanks for any and all comments.
> |
> |-Jeff K.
> |
> |
> 
> 

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