cmos battery

[debiani386 at gmail.com]

On Fri June 15 2007 7:12 pm, norman wrote:
> < snip >
>
> > > > Does this message mean anything disastrous, what adverse effects do I
> > > > need to look out for and is there any way I can check to see if the
> > > > message is valid? Please advise.
> > > >
> > > > Norman
> >
> > exactly. This battery helps the mobo keep time via the rtc (real time
> > clock). So you'll likely find the clock will be out untill you replace
> > this battery. Also any changes you made in the bios wont be remembered
> > once you power down until it's replaced. it's no biggy
>
> Thank you both for your comments. The odd thing is that the date and
> time, which I expected to be affected, seem to be OK. Also, I changed a
> setting in the bios about 2 weeks ago and that has not changed. So I am
> wondering whether, for some reason, the message is false.
>
> Norman
well, if your booting to ubuntu, i think ubuntu syncs the date and time with another server

 --cj
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