1 Nov
2001
1 Nov
'01
11:24 p.m.
Bad nicad for the CMOS, It's loosing a bit here or ther and checksumming.
That forces a bios error.
I had two like that, replaced the nicad and Viola!
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: EISA - was VLB SCSI?
re-read what he said..... he isn't loosing the
configuration, it justs
wants attention. I have had this happen before too. I just change
things until it stops :-) I think something gets crossed up when
changing things around too much, and it asks for F1 to be pressed. You
can start over from scratch by pulling the battery..... I have had to do
that once or twice when I really screwed things up, to the point that it
hung while the bios was loading :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Mike Ford wrote:
Hmmm, that reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Check the cmos battery.