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Post by Lighthouse on Nov 25, 2016 16:11:12 GMT
Did you go into hibernation for a while there?
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Post by Sarah on Nov 29, 2016 18:40:56 GMT
LOL I still do occasionally check in on this forum apart from the times I come running over crying for help ;)
But the time I spend on the pc compared to some years ago has been drastically reduced.
Before I know it a couple of weeks have passed :P
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Post by Sarah on Dec 2, 2016 9:39:15 GMT
"Computertime stands still for no man".
Hmmm it does stand still for me. Guess that battery wasn't really strong.
But now I know how to fix it.
When I've gotten me some new ones :P
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Post by Lighthouse on Dec 2, 2016 10:10:17 GMT
"Miss, my battery's run out!"
"Well run out after it"
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Post by Sarah on Dec 2, 2016 23:17:21 GMT
Too tired to come up with a witty answer, so goodnight! I'll be back when I've recharched my batteries :)
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Post by Sarah on Jun 1, 2017 20:49:06 GMT
It's some months now since I replaced the battery and I have replaced it two more times after that, the last time with a quite expensive battery, thinking maybe the cheaper ones were no good, but all to no avail. It works for a few restarts or a week at most and then I'm back to square one.
So .... I need to know: is this computer shot? Can I forget about getting it in good working order?
I really need to transfer to WinX and want to keep the Dell computer I'm working on right now as it is, because of some old programs that probably won't work on WinX (need them to access some old study material that I don't want to lose).
Can I still save the HP computer?
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Post by GuiltySpark on Jun 3, 2017 16:42:56 GMT
Boot into the BIOS and check the correct date and time is displayed there. In Windows check under Regional settings (or something like that) for your region.
How far out is the Time and Date from the correct one?
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Jun 3, 2017 18:02:57 GMT
As Neil suggested, boot to BIOS and change date and time there, sometimes doing this in windows does not compute after a cmos battery change.
Usual problems with a cmos battery failure is that some websites or some programs will not work. You can temporarily change the time and date in windows to get you running. On reboot into windows if the time & date is back to the future then cmos batt problems arise. All the battery does in effect is keep TIME!
I spoke with LH this morning and neither of us have seen a cmos battery failing so quickly. It would suggest a MB fault, current being drained for no obvious reason. A nightmare to troubleshoot and repair indeed.
The HDD can be cloned and restored to another machine quite easily so you won't lose any thing except the old case LOL!
Clone it and restore to the other machine and it should work fine
Mike
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Post by Sarah on Jun 5, 2017 11:33:30 GMT
Ok, will boot to BIOS and see if that helps, if not I'll use the hard drive as an extra for my other machine (also have a WinX image for that I can put on it any time), so I don't need to safeguard anything on it. The time and date is way out of wack - it always goes back to 01-01-2002 time 00:01 So everything goes haywire. Virusscanner won't work, winupdate won't work, firefox won't work. Hope the BIOS part will work as this pc is a lot better than the other one I have WinX for (even older than my main Vista pc LOL). Thanks for the birthday wishes  Was indeed a nice one and ever since the weather is nice and sunny. Yay! |
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Post by Sarah on Jun 5, 2017 11:46:13 GMT
Ok changed it in the BIOS. Now keeping our fingers crossed as it often works for a couple of restarts and then it's off again. So I'll let you know in about a week.
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Post by Sarah on Jun 7, 2017 21:10:59 GMT
So far so good!!!  |
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