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From: wesw@ozvax.WV.TEK.COM (Wes Whitnah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Looking for lost CMOS Ram article
Keywords: CMOS, battery
Message-ID: <1724@ozvax.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 89 05:03:05 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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   My AT-compatible is loosing its CMOS ram quite regularly now
   (after EVERY power-up) and new batteries have not helped.

   I recall that someone in netland mentioned a particular batch
   of faulty chips (Motorolla...?) that many foreign-made systems
   had installed which caused this type of failure.  I believe
   this is the cause of my system's troubles as it fits this
   description.

   Could someone who has this info please mail it to me so I can
   get this thing fixed?  Thanks.


   Wes Whitnah
   wesw@ozvax.WV.TEK.COM