oops!!!!!!

[vicki lynne]

This is going to sound like a stupid question, But if you put a cmos battery in upside down what is the most likely thing to overheat and go out? :eek:

[ski]

The CMOS chip.

[mjc]

Most of the time, from my experience...nothing but the battery itself. The CMOS won't hold data witht it in wrong, so it will act as if the battery were dead.

[vicki lynne]

o.k. Here's what I got. This is the same system I was having problems with a few days ago. I put a new cmos battery in and tried to boot it. The first time all I got was the first screen where there is a list of all the copy rights. Then it went to the next screen and asked for cmos info. I gave it all of that then saved changes and exit. When it rebooted it got all the way to checking nvram then stuck. again ! So out of desperation, I took a ram stick out of my computer that I know works, Put it in and it still won't go past checking nvram. What am I missing ? My frustration is beginning to show.

[ski]

What type of problems was it having a few days ago?

[mjc]

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=49509

[vicki lynne]

The guy that owns it brought it to me cause it quit booting. When I tried it the cmos battery was bad. I put a new one in it and it booted all the way to checking nvram then quit. After trying a lot of everything I accidently it f7 while trying to boot and it worked so I sent it home. On the way to take it home somehow the battery came out. When he put it back in he put it in upside down and now I have it back. It was posted under Please tell me this is simple, in core hardware.