Hi. I was wondering if a low CMOS battery can affect system stability.
I just recently got a motherboard (ECS K7S5A) to go with my new AMD Athlon XP 2100+. I've reset the CMOS via the jumper and I still get two separate error messages for the CMOS.
I have a system instability problem that's related to the system, motherboard or video card. 3DMark2001SE crashes before completion (within 5 minutes). I also tried a quickie game (High Heat Baseball 2001). I've swapped sound cards (from my trusty SB Live Value to the onboard C-Media AC97 audio) which didn't help. I've disabled ACPI and power management in the BIOS. Anyway, I get a complete hardlock after a couple minutes of play. I am not overclocking anything.
I have the latest drivers for everything (AGP, video, sound, USB, etc.). I've made a ton of adjustments in the BIOS (though they apparently aren't kept properly because of the battery).
The memory is new. The video card is the BFG Asylum Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB card and is new (Best Buy deal!). The CPU and motherboard are also new. It's a fresh installation of the OS (WinME and WinXP, separate Ghost images, not a dual-boot config).
If a new CMOS battery doesn't solve the problem (which should come on Monday, according to NewEgg tech support), I'll get the final new thing to complete my system: a new case+PSU. Maybe my PSU is getting flaky. Who knows.
If anyone recognizes me, this is the guy who replaced the TBird 800 with V5 for this new system.
I just recently got a motherboard (ECS K7S5A) to go with my new AMD Athlon XP 2100+. I've reset the CMOS via the jumper and I still get two separate error messages for the CMOS.
I have a system instability problem that's related to the system, motherboard or video card. 3DMark2001SE crashes before completion (within 5 minutes). I also tried a quickie game (High Heat Baseball 2001). I've swapped sound cards (from my trusty SB Live Value to the onboard C-Media AC97 audio) which didn't help. I've disabled ACPI and power management in the BIOS. Anyway, I get a complete hardlock after a couple minutes of play. I am not overclocking anything.
I have the latest drivers for everything (AGP, video, sound, USB, etc.). I've made a ton of adjustments in the BIOS (though they apparently aren't kept properly because of the battery).
The memory is new. The video card is the BFG Asylum Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB card and is new (Best Buy deal!). The CPU and motherboard are also new. It's a fresh installation of the OS (WinME and WinXP, separate Ghost images, not a dual-boot config).
If a new CMOS battery doesn't solve the problem (which should come on Monday, according to NewEgg tech support), I'll get the final new thing to complete my system: a new case+PSU. Maybe my PSU is getting flaky. Who knows.
If anyone recognizes me, this is the guy who replaced the TBird 800 with V5 for this new system.