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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: paradox2000uk on July 27, 2004, 17:43

Title: loading cmos error
Post by: paradox2000uk on July 27, 2004, 17:43

I have a problem with my bios settings i have recently just formatted my computer and started a fresh. Everything else is fine but when i turn my computer off for a while and turn it back on it does not activate the moniter but when i hit the reset button it activates the moniter but comes up with a warning saying that there was an error loading cmos and that defaults have been loaded but every time i turn it of at night it does the same in the morning could you help it would be really appriciated thanks Paradox

Title: Re:loading cmos error
Post by: Sandra on July 27, 2004, 18:01

Hi Paradox and :welcome:
It sounds like you need to replace your mobo battery, as that holds the cmos settings when you shut the pc down  :)