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Joseph wrote: |
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> On 01/31/15 23:42, Dale wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>> Hi Joseph, |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> may be only a accidental coincidence... |
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>>>>> One thing I can think of is an empty bios coin cell. |
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>>>> If that battery is flat, the bios will complain settings are gone. |
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>>>> Why would that cause grub to fail? |
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>>> Dont know the reason...I only experienced it several times... |
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>>> Regards |
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>>> Meino |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> I've had it happen to me once too. In my case, the BIOS just went back |
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>> to default settings. The only real change was the loss of the clock |
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>> setting but it didn't complain, it just booted. After I replaced the |
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>> battery, I went back and changed my settings to what I remembered them |
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>> being. |
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>> |
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>> Since then, I change that battery every few years, while the system is |
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>> running so that I don't lose any settings at all. ;-) Be careful. |
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>> |
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>> Dale |
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> Is there a way to backup bios setting to a text file etc.; beside |
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> special Windows utility? |
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Not that I know of. Now that you mentioned it, give it time and they |
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will have that too. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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