First, go through your BIOS and snap a digital photo of each page. But if the cmos battery needs replacing (http://www.google.com/products?q=cmos+battery), it's probably fairly easy to do, if you're handy with pliers.
Yes, if you're really worried about it you can leave it on, but eventually you may want to spring for a new battery. Even if it forgets it's settings, you can always select one of the safe setups in the BIOS. On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Ranbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lately when I boot up my computer I get a warning that says something like: > "Warning - low system battery voltage, hit F1 to continue or F2 to run > utility" Nothing happens when I hit F1 or F2 and the only way I can get > anything to happen is to turn power off and on. Today, I had to do this 3 > times before it powered up. I've never had this problem before, until the > past week and now seems to be happening more frequently. Any ideas on > what's going on or what can be done? Is my Dell 8300 desktop in its > deaththroes, about to crash for good?! > > Maybe I better leave computer on in case I can't restart it and not see any > replies! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
