[mdlug] bios battery

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Michael Rudas (computer) wrote:
>> If your system's real-time clock starts gaining or losing time, when
>> previously it was reasonably accurate, that's an early sign.  The
>> ultimate symptom, of course, is when you start getting "CMOS errors"
>> or BIOS setting mismatch"  errors at start-up.  Fortunately, you can
>> now get most coin cells-- including the very common CR2025) at many
>> dollar stores, five or six for a dollar.
>>
> Rats, sitting there like a lump and doing nothing while the fans spin is
> NOT a symptom.  I may have me a dead computer.
> 

If you can open the case, examine all the electrolytic capacitors for
bulges, crusty brown patches or other signs of leaks.