On Sun Nov 7 7:06 , Sarfaraz Kazi

sarzkazi@yahoo.com sent:

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the motherboard manual says that you have to short

the

...

solder points in order to clear the cmos before you put in the new battery. can anybody please guide as

to

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how to locate these solder points and how to short them.

Clearing the CMOS is usually done by shorting two

pins on the

motherboard using a jumper. Details of where these two pins should be

found

will/should be in the motherboard manual. In certain motherboard types the

CMOS is

cleared by keeping a designated key depressed and switching it on. In case you cannot locate the pins, CMOS can also

be cleared

by removing the CMOS battery. Vivek

IT WORKS....IT WORKS....IT WORKS!!!!

Whew!! got the machine to run, at last. the contact between the cpu and the heatsink turned out to be the culprit. just took out the heatsink/fan, re-applied some thermal compound and put it back in. Voila! everything's fine with the world again!!

Thanks to all of you for your kind help, advice and suggestions. ilug-bom rocks!!! yooohoooo :-).

Sarfaraz.

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