We are off topic here but an idiot could figure out we were taking about
the CMOS battery in a desktop.

a nonymous wrote:
> | jeffrey wrote:
> | > when you say the computer battery, are you referring to the main
> | > battery? The battery the other poster I believe is referring to is the
> | > CMOS battery, that is a coin size batter, probably a CR 2032 or CR 2025
> | > a 3 volt lithium battery, about the size of a quarter.
>
> "nargd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> | There is only one (1) battery in a computer.
>
> Maybe in _your_ desktop computer. However, notebook computers also have
> one or two "power" batteries which are used whilst not using mains
> electricity. Some notebook computers also have a backup battery for the
> CMOS battery and special circuits on the mainboard.
>
>

"nargd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7Sozd.566452$Pl.120029@pd7tw1no...
> OK. I just tried this. I tried changing to different screen savers and
> waiting to see what happened. What happened was that the screen saver
> would come on as usual for it preprogrammed amount of time then the
> monitor would click of then click back on again. This is beginning to
> drive me batty. Such a simple thing.
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I was unable to get mine to work as well, so just gave up on it.

FS~

~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
>
> "nargd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7Sozd.566452$Pl.120029@pd7tw1no...
>
>> OK. I just tried this. I tried changing to different screen savers and
>> waiting to see what happened. What happened was that the screen saver
>> would come on as usual for it preprogrammed amount of time then the
>> monitor would click of then click back on again. This is beginning to
>> drive me batty. Such a simple thing.
>
> =============================
> I was unable to get mine to work as well, so just gave up on it.
> FS~
I just bought a new Princeton Graphics 17" LCD monitor and everything is
working as it is supposed to. I don't know why adding a monitor and
going with a dual monitor system would change anything but it did. Who
knows?