Malke - the expert of computers!!

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Malke,

Have you changed the bios battery on Dell Laptop Inspiron 2600? I want
to change mine but I don't see it anywhere on the machine. I have
opened all the bits and pieces but the battery cannot be seen. Any
ideas how this can be done? Have you got pictures of this anywhere?
The official manuals from dell doesn't say anything and picture of
motherboard isn't good either.

The time on my laptop is getting wrong once in a while and I need to
change the battery just in case it is the battery problem.

Thanks.
 
xxx said:
Malke,

Have you changed the bios battery on Dell Laptop Inspiron 2600? I want
to change mine but I don't see it anywhere on the machine. I have
opened all the bits and pieces but the battery cannot be seen. Any
ideas how this can be done? Have you got pictures of this anywhere?
The official manuals from dell doesn't say anything and picture of
motherboard isn't good either.

The time on my laptop is getting wrong once in a while and I need to
change the battery just in case it is the battery problem.

Thanks.
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Have you looked under the "main" battery, Malke?
 
xxx said:
Malke,

Have you changed the bios battery on Dell Laptop Inspiron 2600? I
want
to change mine but I don't see it anywhere on the machine. I have
opened all the bits and pieces but the battery cannot be seen. Any
ideas how this can be done? Have you got pictures of this anywhere?
The official manuals from dell doesn't say anything and picture of
motherboard isn't good either.

The time on my laptop is getting wrong once in a while and I need to
change the battery just in case it is the battery problem.

Thanks.
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Very funny, and I would never claim that title. However, it did get my
attention. I'm sorry to disappoint you but I've never removed the
motherboard battery from a laptop motherboard. If the problem only
occurs once in a while, why not synchronize your computer with an NNTP
time server instead?

Malke
 
Malke said:
xxx wrote:
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Very funny, and I would never claim that title.
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Well, you may not claim it, but it doesn't stop others from thinking it.

I keep certain posters highlighted, because I know their posts are sure
to teach me something--clearly and concisely. For that reason, your
posts are always among the first I read each day.

So while you may not claim that title, you should realize that others do
think you've earned it.

<snipped>

rl
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff
 
Malke said:
Very funny, and I would never claim that title. However, it did get my
attention. I'm sorry to disappoint you but I've never removed the
motherboard battery from a laptop motherboard. If the problem only
occurs once in a while, why not synchronize your computer with an NNTP
time server instead?

Malke
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Revision - Not "NNTP" which is news but "NTP" which is for time servers.
Sorry about that. See:

http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome
http://www.pool.ntp.org/

Malke
 
Malke said:
Very funny, and I would never claim that title. However, it did get my
attention. I'm sorry to disappoint you but I've never removed the
motherboard battery from a laptop motherboard. If the problem only
occurs once in a while, why not synchronize your computer with an NNTP
time server instead?

Malke
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Because, if the CMOS battery is truly going south,
next thing it'll "forget" will be HD geometry, and the thing
won't boot.

Replacement is the recommended course of action.
 
Rhonda said:
Well, you may not claim it, but it doesn't stop others from thinking
it.
I keep certain posters highlighted, because I know their posts are
sure to teach me something--clearly and concisely. For that reason,
your posts are always among the first I read each day.

So while you may not claim that title, you should realize that others
do think you've earned it.

<snipped>

rl
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I agree. Malke is seldom wrong. She also seems to be able to resist the
temptation to enter into the endless circular arguments on this and other
groups :-)
 
:-O Malke is a GIRL ?!!??



Kerry Brown said:
I agree. Malke is seldom wrong. She also seems to be able to resist the
temptation to enter into the endless circular arguments on this and other
groups :-)
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Callmark1 said:
:-O Malke is a GIRL ?!!??
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Woman. Malke is a woman.

And you, quite obviously, are a boy. ;)

rl
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff
 
Kerry Brown said:
I agree. Malke is seldom wrong. She also seems to be able to resist
the temptation to enter into the endless circular arguments on this
and other groups :-)
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Normally, I don't just jump into the "me too" fray,
but in this case ... "ME TOO" -- some people love
to fight, others like Malke really try to help (and in
some cases, I don't have a clue how she keeps her
cool !! )

mikey
 
LOL I guess I read elephanBOY computers and made the assumption. I too
enjoy Malke's excellent posts-- especially the feminine penmanship.

Thanks Malke
 
Mike said:
Normally, I don't just jump into the "me too" fray,
but in this case ... "ME TOO" -- some people love
to fight, others like Malke really try to help (and in
some cases, I don't have a clue how she keeps her
cool !! )

mikey
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Thanks to all of you for your very sweet words. People like you make all
the effort worthwhile. I will treasure the memory of this thread for a
long time.

Malke

P.S. - The very funny thing is that I *was* wrong in this thread when I
mistyped "NNTP" for "NTP"! The Empress is not infallible; She has just
told Her children that She is. ;-)
 
Because, if the CMOS battery is truly going south,
next thing it'll "forget" will be HD geometry, and the thing
won't boot.

Replacement is the recommended course of action.
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Isnt hard drive geometry a problem of 20 years ago. BIOS is probably set to
autodetect, and if it reverts to defaults, will be set to "autodetect"

I've had this arguement with many others many times... some people just dont
get it... THE CMOS BATTERY DOES NOT AFFECT SLOW TIME

For those with desktops, you can easily do this... turn on the computer,
remove the CMOS battery with computer on, does the time still work with the
computer on? course it does, battery isnt being used, it isnt used unless
the computer is OFF. Put your battery back in. Had to pull out my multimeter
way too many times to disprove that the 7 year battery is weak after a 1
year.

Most of the problems I have seen with time being slow is that some program
is running taking up 100% cpu time, in a rare case, problem with a PnP BIOS
driver. NTP server is a good workaround, WinXP has a native timesync
service, put it to use.
 
From: "Callmark1" <[email protected]>

| LOL I guess I read elephanBOY computers and made the assumption. I too
| enjoy Malke's excellent posts-- especially the feminine penmanship.
|
| Thanks Malke
|

Don't feel bad. I have made that mistake with Malke and a similar mistake Sandi Hardmeier
and a few others. :-(
 
From: "Malke" <[email protected]>

| Mike Fields wrote:

|
| Thanks to all of you for your very sweet words. People like you make all
| the effort worthwhile. I will treasure the memory of this thread for a
| long time.
|
| Malke
|
| P.S. - The very funny thing is that I *was* wrong in this thread when I
| mistyped "NNTP" for "NTP"! The Empress is not infallible; She has just
| told Her children that She is. ;-)

Hail Queen Malke ! Ruler of the ElephantBoy(s) :-)

PS: You deserve accolade !
 
David said:
From: "Callmark1":
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Don't feel bad. I have made that mistake with Malke and a similar
mistake Sandi Hardmeier and a few others. :-(
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Given your redeeming virtues, I'm sure that you'll be allowed to live.
;)

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff
 
|
| Given your redeeming virtues, I'm sure that you'll be allowed to live.
| ;)
|

Thank You :-)
 
Malke said:
Mike Fields wrote:




Thanks to all of you for your very sweet words. People like you make all
the effort worthwhile. I will treasure the memory of this thread for a
long time.

Malke

P.S. - The very funny thing is that I *was* wrong in this thread when I
mistyped "NNTP" for "NTP"! The Empress is not infallible; She has just
told Her children that She is. ;-)
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Yes dear Malke, you have been mistaken once in a while but IMHO the fact
that you welcome and accept correction so graciously says much about
your character.

Steve N.
 
David H. Lipman said:
From: "Callmark1" <[email protected]>

| LOL I guess I read elephanBOY computers and made the assumption. I too
| enjoy Malke's excellent posts-- especially the feminine penmanship.
|
| Thanks Malke
|

Don't feel bad. I have made that mistake with Malke and a similar mistake Sandi Hardmeier
and a few others. :-(
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Everything is unisex these days due to PC - political correctness. Mrs
Thatcher - ex PM of UK - was sometimes called "Madam chairman" and
everybody on this planet new this person - the "Iron Lady".
 
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