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From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: Losing time-of-day from CMOS!
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.210112.26248@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
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|> In article <1991Jun23.121135.4951@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> jaffe@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
|> <When my PC, a 10-month old Gateway 386/sx, is shut off it loses the time of day
|> <retained in the CMOS.  The BIOS catches this and forces entry to the setup
|> <utility.  After the time is reset, the time updates OK.

It should be noted, too, that these sympoms can actually mean that the battery is on the whim.  I had a chain on similar problems with my Hyundai 286c a while ago: I replaced the battery and it ran fine.  Never had my (Award) BIOS said that the battery was bad, only it gave me frequent check sum errors.

	/Peter

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