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DCJensen - Aug 14, 2008 7:27:49 pm PDT #7426 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 3:15:01 am PDT #7427 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Recently, (as in - during this last week), my computer has started giving me this message about a "failed floppy drive" and trying to send me to "set up" and I have NO IDEA what to do about this. Does this mean that my computer is ill?
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 4:15:21 am PDT #7428 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What kind of computer is it? When does the message occur? During bootup? When you're using the drive? Does it have a floppy drive?
Possibly the CMOS battery is dying and your BIOS settings have gotten screwed up. Does your computer have trouble keeping time when it's shut off?
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 4:45:33 am PDT #7429 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
It's a Dell and it happens when I bootup. I don't think I do have a floppy drive - just a cd drive.
It hasn't had trouble before. (But the first time it happened one of the things I had to do is reset the time/date.)
Jon B. - Aug 15, 2008 8:00:08 am PDT #7430 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Daniel, that robot is AWESOME!
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 8:02:45 am PDT #7431 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sumi, I strongly suspect the CMOS battery (is that what you call it? Anyway, it backs up the BIOS as well as runs the clock when the computer is off) needs replacing.
In the meantime, you can go into the BIOS at bootup and tell your computer it has no floppy, but you might need to do that again.
Or you could just leave it on all the time.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 8:05:49 am PDT #7432 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Okay.
CMOS battery. Huh. How pricy is that? And will I be able to replace it myself?
DCJensen - Aug 15, 2008 12:57:00 pm PDT #7433 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
There are (in general, but there are exceptions) most computer batteries are $6 Lithium Ion button batteries about the size of a nickel, or tiny little 1/2 AA barrel shaped batteries.
Look on your motherboard, it's likely there somewhere, and quite likely to be a 3v CR2016 or CR2032, or a 3.6 v CR2025 maybe.
Available at electronics counters everywhere, including Wal-Mart, etc.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 1:06:46 pm PDT #7434 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Thank you, I will.
omnis_audis - Aug 16, 2008 7:27:26 pm PDT #7435 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
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