OK, can anyone offer an explanation as to why the Video setting does not remain in the BIOS after a short period of time? If I shutdown and then restart some time later, the setting goes back to Disabled, thus the small boot screen size again.
The CMOS battery is a small battery that keeps your BIOS powered to enable settings to be remembered. If this battery dies the settings will always revert back to their default when the machine is powered off. If your machine is under warrenty Dell should replace it...
Frazell
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April 25th, 2005 08:00
yobri
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April 25th, 2005 14:00
yobri
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April 26th, 2005 14:00
Can anyone offer any insights? Much appreciated.
Frazell
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April 26th, 2005 16:00
Your CMOS battery is most likley dead...
The CMOS battery is a small battery that keeps your BIOS powered to enable settings to be remembered. If this battery dies the settings will always revert back to their default when the machine is powered off. If your machine is under warrenty Dell should replace it...
yobri
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April 26th, 2005 16:00
Is there a test that I could perform in order to diagnose the CMOS battery? Also of note, my time settings still seem to be accurate despite this...
Thanks.
Message Edited by yobri on 04-26-2005 12:27 PM