- Jul 11, 2001
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It's my main desktop, BEAUTY in my sig:
Basic specs:
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Gigabyte GA-K8n Pro motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 754, FSB1600, E6, Venice, 90nm, L2-512KB)
BFG 6600 GTOC AGP video card
2 sticks Crucial 1GB PC3200 400MHz 184-pin DDR Memory - CT12864Z40B, 2 GB total
Corsair vx550w PSU
USR Model 2977 PCI hardware modem
Hercules GTXP soundcard PCI with breakout box
MyHD HDTV 120 HDTV PCI
MyHD HDTV 120 HDTV daughterboard
Windows XP SP3
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Has an Award BIOS.
I have it set up to turn on automatically every day at 11:52 PM, in the power management page of the Award BIOS. Sometimes for no apparent reason it stops turning on. I have to go into the BIOS and reset it, which sometimes makes it start honoring the setting again, sometimes not... don't know exactly what sets it right again. The last time it turned on automatically was ~10 days ago.
What could be up with this? It's a pretty old system. I bought it 2 years ago online, but it was probably built a long time before that, maybe 2003 or 2004 I'm guessing. So, I'm wondering if it might be an old CMOS battery. Should I replace that battery? What type would it be (I prefer not to have to remove the battery to find out what kind it is). Thanks for any ideas.
Basic specs:
- - - -
Gigabyte GA-K8n Pro motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 754, FSB1600, E6, Venice, 90nm, L2-512KB)
BFG 6600 GTOC AGP video card
2 sticks Crucial 1GB PC3200 400MHz 184-pin DDR Memory - CT12864Z40B, 2 GB total
Corsair vx550w PSU
USR Model 2977 PCI hardware modem
Hercules GTXP soundcard PCI with breakout box
MyHD HDTV 120 HDTV PCI
MyHD HDTV 120 HDTV daughterboard
Windows XP SP3
- - - -
Has an Award BIOS.
I have it set up to turn on automatically every day at 11:52 PM, in the power management page of the Award BIOS. Sometimes for no apparent reason it stops turning on. I have to go into the BIOS and reset it, which sometimes makes it start honoring the setting again, sometimes not... don't know exactly what sets it right again. The last time it turned on automatically was ~10 days ago.
What could be up with this? It's a pretty old system. I bought it 2 years ago online, but it was probably built a long time before that, maybe 2003 or 2004 I'm guessing. So, I'm wondering if it might be an old CMOS battery. Should I replace that battery? What type would it be (I prefer not to have to remove the battery to find out what kind it is). Thanks for any ideas.