Dell Inspiron 1501 - problem bios (lost a little minutes when the pc is turned off)

It could be the CMOS battery is bad or going bad.

So, what could I do? Should I change the battery?.. I don't know good how to put the hands...

First run dell diagnostics at boot up (f12) to make sure the CMOS is the problem.Then if it is call dell to order a new CMOS battery.

And how to ensure that is the CMOS battery?.. after press f12 I enter just in the bios... How to run the dell diagnostic?

I run the diagnostic today afternoon... It's exact f12 ;) BTW the system has not found any error...

sorry it is f8 at boot i got a little ahead of myself.When you run diag. run it on the entire system.

I had to check on that one when you said no diag. i thought i told you the wrong key at boot.

 

I would contact dell and get a replacement CMOS battery.

 

 

What OS do you have?...

I have windows vista home premium 32-bit... If i ask for a change of the cmos battery how would happen the thing? any experience?

 

Will they send me with post and I will have to replace it or what?.. 

Thats why i asked what OS you had,i have vista also and my clock is 5-10 slower then the actual time on my cable set time.So before you buy the CMOS battery make sure this is not the problem.Open the clock control and click on change date and time,click synchronize time.If it continues to slow down and lose time buy the battery.If it is just 5 minutes and stays there it is the synchronization that is off not the battery.

Sure enaugh, the time is slower als 5-10 minutes... But i don't want a time not syncro. I would want it syncro! Can't resolve this problem? I didn't know about this problem in Vista...

BTW, afterwards I will install ubuntu and I'll see if the problem will be constant.

Ok... but the syncro doesn't work always... BTW i have installed ubuntu... I'll let you know in some day ;)

As i said in previous post,if you do want to synch the time,click on the clock then click change date and time settings at bottom.Then click internet time tab,and click change settings.Now click the drop down arrow,and you have 5 choices to synch it with.