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September 16th, 2008 13:00
CPU battery low message
We lost power on Friday evening and just had it restored late last night. In anticipation of the outage, I shut down my Dimension 8300 completely, turned off my battery back-up and unplugged everything from the power source in the wall. The computer was operating fine when I shut it down.
When power was restored, I waited until I knew it would remain on, then plugged in the wall outlet, turned on the battery back-up, then powered up the computer. The Dell splash screen appeared, but then a black screen came on with a message reading that my CPU battery was low with instructions: press F1 to continue, F2 for setup. I pressed F1 and Windows loaded. The date was wrong (it read September 17, 2003, 8 AM), Windows went through a series of recognizing "new hardware" and "drivers" and then ran fine. I reset the date and time and restarted the machine. The same error message appeared, but the current date held.
Could this be related to my complete loss of power, or do I need to have the battery replaced (and what does that entail, and how soon do I need to have this done)? The computer is running fine this morning -- all programs operational, all peripherals recognized and operational, and obviously internet access (my only reliable means of communication now) is also operational.
Thanks for any advice.
Mary :)
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bcd308ee24c7401
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September 16th, 2008 13:00
Replace the CMOS battery
It's a CR2032 coin battery on the system board
GOTO the following link
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/battery.htm
txtchr
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September 16th, 2008 15:00
Thanks for the info. I've printed out the instructions.
How quickly do I need to do this, though? Obviously we're having issues with stores being opened (I live 40 miles north of Houston, so you can imagine that shopping of any sort is a bit scarce right now).
Mary :)
bcd308ee24c7401
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September 16th, 2008 16:00
Not a real rush
You will need to adjust the time each power up which is not a big problem
Good luck happy I could help
txtchr
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September 16th, 2008 16:00
Thanks. I usually set my computer on standby at night, which is why I didn't have to adjust it this morning. As long as it keeps running for the next two weeks I should be okay.
We still have no land-line phone service here, most people still are without power (I consider myself very lucky right now to at least have that), and cell service is very intermittent. Few stores are open, and those that are mainly are small grocery stores selling nonperishable items only.
Thanks for the info and the reassurance. I'll take care of it as soon as I am able. :)
Mary :)