O/T: Computer problem

Thanks for taking the time to reply; your suggestions are appreciated.

Sincerely,

Anthony

Allan

Here are the particulars on the system(using Belarc Advisor)

Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. Processor a Main Circuit Board b 400 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 4.60 PGMA 01/22/99 Drives Memory Modules c,d 16.43 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
12.38 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

E-IDE CD-ROM 40X/AKU
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 10 [Hard drive] (10.01 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 872933229154, rev A03.0900, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC AC26400R [Hard drive] (6.45 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WM6271555705, rev 15.01J55, SMART Status: Healthy

Thanks!

Anthony

Every time you just simply shut it down? We're not talking about when you unplug the AC power?

And when you say the time/date are wrong, you are saying that the settings are wrong when reading from "within Windows"? You're not talking about that time/date CMOS readout flash as it boots up are you?

Is this a laptop or an actual desktop "PC"? What brand of machine? Any other annoying symptoms?

Sorry for all the questions; just trying to figure out what you are dealing with. Different machines grab that BIOS set/memory retention in different ways.

This is normally just a simple little battery "fix" like you've already done, but could conceivably be anything from a bad IC chip to a conflict/incompatibility issue between XP and the machine’s BIOS flash, especially so, if XP has been laid in over the top of earlier versions of Windows.

However, and I gotta warn ya, if you've never updated/re-flashed a BIOS, tread very, very lightly. It is not something for the weak of heart.

Allan

I just checked CMOS this morning after reading your reply. CMOS is correct, but Windows is not.

It's a desktop, AOpen Custom PC, everything else works fine.

It's a Win98 w/XP upgrade machine. I've flashed the BIOS once before, will check around for an upgrade for this machine as soon as I have time.

Thanks a lot, your help is appreciated!

Anthony

Good job and good thinking!

If the CMOS is correct and Windows isn't, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with your computer itself.

Problem is soft. Meaning that it is a software issue only. Windows is probably corrupt or possible trojan/spy problem?

Allan

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