Guest umwhat Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 By the way, it was the cheapest 500GB hard drive available on the auction website, a new hard drive that is. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Tim Meddick" wrote: > I wouldn't have said that! - You understood right enough. > > Certainly - whenever even "thinking" about taking off the back cover of your PC it > should, most definitely, be UNPLUGGED! > > However, as you so rightly determined, what I meant was that if you leave the PC > plugged in when not in use, then the CMOS battery will be kept charged. > > Keeping the PC plugged in (when not in use) also has the added effect keeping the > CMOS data alive even when the battery is defective. > > Otherwise, unplugging (when the PC is off) will wipe out the CMOS data in a machine > with a defective [or no] battery, and you would have to reset the data in it each > time and the machine may not even work at all. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "glee" wrote in message > news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Tim Meddick" wrote in message > > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> snip > >> On replacing the battery it sometimes helps if you keep the PC > >> plugged-in when it's switched off, as, this way, it keeps charging. > >> snip > > > > I'm not sure what you are meaning here, Tim. If you mean, AFTER you > > replace the CMOS battery it is a good idea to keep the computer plugged > > in when it's switched off, then yes that's true. > > > > However, what you wrote can be interpreted to mean you are suggesting > > that the computer be kept plugged in WHILE replacing the battery, which > > is a very bad idea. I just wanted to clarify that for anyone having a > > semantics problem. > > > > The "On" at the beginning of the sentence indicates that you mean the > > former, but you know those of us in the USA don't really speak or > > understand English. -) > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > > http://dts-l.net/ > > > > . > Quote
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