[Techtalk] computer starts wrongly

[Miriam English]

Hi and thanks for the suggestions. Sorry I haven't answered earlier. 
I've been away.

I swapped over the battery from another of my computers that I'm pretty 
sure is only a month old, but the problem persists.

Next I'll try a higher wattage power supply and see if that fixes it.

Cheers,

	- Miriam


R. Daneel Olivaw wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> While reading your answer, and I think it's the correct, the cause
> seems to be the battery.
> 
> When switching manually off the ATX power supply, the motherboard has
> no power. The battery being empty, at startup you get the "CMOS data
> corrupted" error, moreover, modern motherboards retain how the computer
> has been shut off last (power button, power outage, ...) and behave
> according to some of the bios parameters (in case of power outage,
> system may power on again as soon as power is back, usefull for
> servers). As bios parameters are blown off, it may think it needs to
> power on the computer after power outage. Bios parameters being
> inconsistent, booting properly is hazardous.
> 
> Changing the motherboard battery seems to be the best solution.
> I'd also invest in a small ups that filters the current against power
> surge and undervoltage. But that is just a suggestion ;)
> 
> R. Daneel Olivaw,
> The Human Robot Inside.
> 
> Le Fri, 23 May 2008 22:23:26 -0500
> Alvin Goats <agoats at compuserve.com> a écrit:
> 
>> I had some similar problems, then the real time clock started to act 
>> up... try replacing your MB's battery. It does some micropower status 
>> that is used by the power supply system to help indicate the front
>> panel switch condition (was it on or off) and other things including
>> the real time clock. With insufficient power, it can get confused
>> about what the state was and do things like you describe.
>>
>> The batteries are only rated to last about 3 to 4 years, so it should
>> be time to replace yours.
>>
>> The battery is the cheapest thing to check out, so I'd do it first 
>> before going to far.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Alvin
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