date/time startup problem
 

This time it's not me but a friend who's too dim to post here. I say dim in
a nice way as he probably wouldn't get the gist of the problem across.

His pc is starting up with the wrong time and date. He hasn't said what
time/date but it happened to me once and typically I would get 1900 or
something similar. Windows apps then use this date and all sort of
confusion reigns.

Is this a BIOS/CMOS battery issue? Rather strange, as this follows hot on
the tail of me installing a case fan and DVD writer for him, which all
worked fine.

Re: date/time startup problem
 

Deano wrote:
> This time it's not me but a friend who's too dim to post here. I say dim in
> a nice way as he probably wouldn't get the gist of the problem across.
>
> His pc is starting up with the wrong time and date. He hasn't said what
> time/date but it happened to me once and typically I would get 1900 or
> something similar. Windows apps then use this date and all sort of
> confusion reigns.
>
> Is this a BIOS/CMOS battery issue? Rather strange, as this follows hot on
> the tail of me installing a case fan and DVD writer for him, which all
> worked fine.

Probably the battery on the motherboard. $2-3 at many stores.

Re: date/time startup problem
 

"Deano" <deano@mailinator.com> wrote:

>This time it's not me but a friend who's too dim to post here. I say dim in
>a nice way as he probably wouldn't get the gist of the problem across.
>
>His pc is starting up with the wrong time and date. He hasn't said what
>time/date but it happened to me once and typically I would get 1900 or
>something similar. Windows apps then use this date and all sort of
>confusion reigns.
>
>Is this a BIOS/CMOS battery issue? Rather strange, as this follows hot on
>the tail of me installing a case fan and DVD writer for him, which all
>worked fine.
>

Sometimes on a hard crash the bios will reset it's date and time.

If not the battery, and both date and time are off, just change it in
the bios on boot up.
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