Q: Recently my computer boot problems after I quit for a few hours. The computer loads the Phoenix Award BIOS screen and the computer displays speed self test, it will reboot and re-create. Sometimes it will not restart and it just stays on a black screen. Then Ill either have to shutdown the power button on the front or the switch on the back. It has never done this before only for the past two weeks. I also have no problems having to reboot, go right past the quick power on self test and will start.
Computer Specs: 1.2 GHz Athlon Thunderbird
AMD
AZZA KT133 motherboard
512 PC-133 MX 420 64MB SDRAM
GeForce4
Soundblaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Windows XP Pro with Service Pack1
VIA Hyperion 4-in-1 Driver v4.49
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Re:Well, I tried the other CMOS battery and it does the same thing.
Re:Hmmm….. I do not know. My reflex would be sure try it. But that is because I would expect if the boards used two different battery types, one would not fit in the other…..
But I am not certain.
If you are really interested, search up your two mobo's, and see if you can get the technical specs of the CMOS battery.
Or, the details might be stamped into the batteries themselves. If you can determine that the two batteries have the same voltage (and amperage preferably, but that is almost never stamped on the batteries.) then I would say go ahead and try. But this is just a guess. Try it at your own risk.
Re:Would it be smart to try a CMOS battery from another computer (ABit board with a P4)?
Re:Quick guess: Bad CMOS battery.
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