cmos trouble

Post by **alien100** » 21 Feb 2007, 06:37

well i had this prob for a while now: every time i boot into windows it says disk boot failure i have to reset the cmos nearly every time to get it to boot

any ideas

?

the os is vista ultimate

Post by **alien100** » 21 Feb 2007, 10:43

any ideas?

Post by **bad_brain** » 21 Feb 2007, 10:59

hm, was the system working properly with Vista before? installed any new hardware?

Post by **floodhound2** » 21 Feb 2007, 11:05

Replace the mainboard battery. It might be dead and this may explain why you have to reset it every time.

Is it a laptop? If it is then I fell more comfortable thinking it is the mainboard battery that needs to be replaced.

If it is a desktop then I am not as sure that replacing it will help.

I don’t know but might be worth a shot.

Post by **Necrix** » 21 Feb 2007, 11:24

I'll have to agree with FH..it's most likely the battery.
If it's been happening for a while, then it's probably been the battery dying.

I would change it..and if it doesn't work, then you have a spare for later.

Post by **alien100** » 21 Feb 2007, 12:14

bad_brain wrote:hm, was the system working properly with Vista before? installed any new hardware?

everything was working fine, now i am just gona replace the battery and ye its a desktop