My PC time and date is automatically changes every time I restart the PC. This is a very old machine and has the below configuration:
Motherboard: MSI
Processor: Intel Celeron 2.26 GHz
RAM: Twinmos 512 DDR1
Every time I start the PC, getting a black window with different instructions of hardware components like CMOS checksum error or floppy disk fail. To access operating system I need to press F1 key. Every time I need to change date and time manually. I thought motherboard battery is damaged and already I have changed it but getting no new outcome. Due to this problem my mail sending and receiving time is also changing automatically. How to solve this problem? Is this a motherboard problem or any other hardware problem?
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Hello Truman!
CMOS checksum errors are usually caused by a dead BIOS battery, that battery would be a small flat battery, which are most of the time watch batteries, some are as large as a quarter while others are really small. They keep the date and time when the computer is shut down or unplugged.
Floppy Disk Fail errors are cause when the floppy disk drive is disconnected or damaged. Another cause would be that the BIOS settings have been altered. Did you play with the BIOS settings accidentally?
Here are a few solutions that you can try that may be able to help you out:
I hope this helps you with your problem, let me know if it works and also let me know which one worked for you. I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread so give me an update.
Good Luck and Have a Great Day!
It will solve the problem.
I'm experienced teh same problem before. I'm glad for all your responses. Unfortunately, I found out that hte problem is my PC> :(