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Thanks magarity<br />
Much obliged...
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Sorry magarity - just to clarify...<br />
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The 4 answers listed to the question &quot;What could possibly cause the ROM BIOS information to get lost?&quot;<br />
Surely these do not apply to the permanent ROM, only the CMOS info?<br />
Or am I mistaken??
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Sorry magarity - just to clarify...

The 4 answers listed to the question "What could possibly cause the ROM BIOS information to get lost?"
Surely these do not apply to the permanent ROM, only the CMOS info?
Or am I mistaken??

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Only the CMOS. The BIOS should hold until flashed or damaged.
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Only the CMOS. The BIOS should hold until flashed or damaged.

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Whups, yes, CMOS. &nbsp;The other questions seemed to be about CMOS, so that's what I thought you were talking about. &nbsp;Only my point #2 and jlauster's comment about re-flashing apply to the BIOS.<br />
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regards,<br />
magarity
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Whups, yes, CMOS.  The other questions seemed to be about CMOS, so that's what I thought you were talking about.  Only my point #2 and jlauster's comment about re-flashing apply to the BIOS.

regards,
magarity

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Hi everybody - these question are just out of my own interest...<br />
If I had a motherboard battery that was losing power and needed to be replaced, do I need to replace the battery in seconds to avoid losing all my BIOS/CMOS information?<br />
What would be the effect of removing the battery permanently (would it have a permanent effect?)?? <br />
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Does the battery have any effect on the main ROM BIOS? What could possibly cause the ROM BIOS information to get lost?<br />
<br />
Thanks for your time and help...<br />
Cathal
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Hi everybody - these question are just out of my own interest...
If I had a motherboard battery that was losing power and needed to be replaced, do I need to replace the battery in seconds to avoid losing all my BIOS/CMOS information?
What would be the effect of removing the battery permanently (would it have a permanent effect?)?? 

Does the battery have any effect on the main ROM BIOS? What could possibly cause the ROM BIOS information to get lost?

Thanks for your time and help...
Cathal

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