IDE Configuration

[Guest speedy]

Hi, I have downloaded xp service pack 3 and IE7. I am using XP home

edition. When i turn my PC on i now get an IDE configuration error message.

It resets the time and date back to 2004 and asks me to reset the time and

date every time i log on. Can someone please help me fix the problem?

 

Thanks

--

Speedy

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: IDE Configuration

 

"speedy" <speedy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F001D876-CDFF-4D91-B85E-648B351C4280@microsoft.com...

> Hi, I have downloaded xp service pack 3 and IE7. I am using XP home

> edition. When i turn my PC on i now get an IDE configuration error

> message.

> It resets the time and date back to 2004 and asks me to reset the time and

> date every time i log on. Can someone please help me fix the problem?

>

> Thanks

> --

> Speedy

 

These messages actually have nothing at all to do with Windows, service

packs, or any OS at all. If it looks like it is the result of anything,

it's a coincidence.

 

What's happening is that the battery on the motherboard is failing, and the

BIOS is losing its configuration settings - and the date.

 

To fix this, power the system down, unplug it from AC, and open the case.

Locate the battery, which will look like a nickel. Write down the battery

type, then go get a new one. Many drugstores carry these, camera shops,

any kind of electronics shop. It may be around $5. Pull out the old

battery, put the new one in, properly dispose of the old battery. Close

the case.

 

Plug the system in, go through the BIOS settings once again to set the date

properly and any other changes needed, and you're done. You shouldn't

have to do this again for a few years.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Twayne]

Re: IDE Configuration

 

> "speedy" <speedy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F001D876-CDFF-4D91-B85E-648B351C4280@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, I have downloaded xp service pack 3 and IE7. I am using XP home

>> edition. When i turn my PC on i now get an IDE configuration error

>> message.

>> It resets the time and date back to 2004 and asks me to reset the

>> time and date every time i log on. Can someone please help me fix

>> the problem? Thanks

>> --

>> Speedy

>

> These messages actually have nothing at all to do with Windows,

> service packs, or any OS at all. If it looks like it is the result

> of anything, it's a coincidence.

>

> What's happening is that the battery on the motherboard is failing,

> and the BIOS is losing its configuration settings - and the date.

>

> To fix this, power the system down, unplug it from AC, and open the

> case. Locate the battery, which will look like a nickel. Write down

> the battery type, then go get a new one. Many drugstores carry

> these, camera shops, any kind of electronics shop. It may be around

> $5. Pull out the old battery, put the new one in, properly dispose

> of the old battery. Close the case.

>

> Plug the system in, go through the BIOS settings once again to set

> the date properly and any other changes needed, and you're done. You

> shouldn't have to do this again for a few years.

>

> HTH

> -pk

 

Yes. Loss of system time-keeping is often the first indication of a

dying battery.