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Karl Townsend Karl Townsend is offline
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Default did i kill my 'puter

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:53:26 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
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Karl Townsend wrote:

i had a CMOS checksum error on my CNC mill. So, I installed a new
motherboard battery. Now the CPU fan just comes on and it makes no
attempt to boot. Is the computer DOA? I checked connections and
wiggled stuff.



Remove the new battery & short out the socket for a few seconds, then
reinstall the battery. You may have some corrupt data in the CMOS
scratchpad RAM.


tryed that, No Joy
Karl