[PLUG] Hardware recommendations

Dave Lien - W7DAL W7DAL at comcast.net
Mon Sep 10 20:21:51 UTC 2018


Good work Jim. Having built up many computers over the decades I watched 
this thread with interest.

-Dave


On 9/10/2018 1:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Jim Garrison wrote:
>
>> This might just be the one time you NEED a CMOS reset jumper. Before
>> giving up I'd try that.
>
> Jim,
>
>   Yep. This was the catch of the day. The motherboard manual showed me 
> where
> the CMOS jumper is located and provided explicit directions: move jumper
> from pins 1 and 2 to pins 2 and 3. Wait 5-10 seconds (I waited 10). Put
> jumper back on pins 1 and 2. Boot system into the BIOS setup and reset
> system date/time.
>
>   Sure enough, after doing that the system _paused_ at the screen 
> where it
> had stalled then went on to boot. Replacing a dead CMOS battery was a new
> experience for me so clearing the CMOS real-time clock was required. 
> Nothing
> other than the date and time were changed in the BIOS settings.
>
>   Another new experience where I could not use prior knowledge to fix the
> problem.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Rich
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