Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

Stiltzkin · 07-05-2003, 10:31 PM

I'm on a different computer right now, just to get that out of the way. I think my battery is dead, but I'm not sure. The computer affected by the condition is a Compaq Presario 6000-- piece of junk. My floppy disk drive went kaput so I bought a new one, swapped it with the old one, booted it up, and got a message about the new stuff having been detected, blah blah blah. After this it goes to an empty prompt with a blinking cursor and never enters Windows-- just sits there forever. Reboot several times until I get a message saying the CMOS battery might be dead, and "if this message persists, contact the vendor" or some nonsense to that effect. Next to the power button to the left of it is a little light that's supposed to turn green "When lit, indicates the power is on." It now turns red, and its never done this before. I'm really hoping its just the damn battery, even though the bugger costs $3 to replace. I know all of this should be a really big tip-off that its just the CMOS battery, but... anyone think it might be something else?

07-05-2003, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stiltzkin Junkie	CMOS battery problem or something... I'm on a different computer right now, just to get that out of the way. I think my battery is dead, but I'm not sure. The computer affected by the condition is a Compaq Presario 6000-- piece of junk. My floppy disk drive went kaput so I bought a new one, swapped it with the old one, booted it up, and got a message about the new stuff having been detected, blah blah blah. After this it goes to an empty prompt with a blinking cursor and never enters Windows-- just sits there forever. Reboot several times until I get a message saying the CMOS battery might be dead, and "if this message persists, contact the vendor" or some nonsense to that effect. Next to the power button to the left of it is a little light that's supposed to turn green "When lit, indicates the power is on." It now turns red, and its never done this before. I'm really hoping its just the damn battery, even though the bugger costs $3 to replace. I know all of this should be a really big tip-off that its just the CMOS battery, but... anyone think it might be something else? __________________ The most important thing in this world is love.