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Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> [15-02-01 10:04]: |
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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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> >> |
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> >>Regards |
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> >>Meino |
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> >> |
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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 |
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> >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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> |
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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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> |
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> -- |
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> Joseph |
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Depends on the mobo. Mine is a ASUS Cross Hair Formula IV. That BIOS |
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is able to store several BIOS configurations. |
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Best regards, |
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Meino |
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