Welcome guest. Before posting on our computer help forum, you must register. Click here it's easy and free.

Author Topic: CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong  (Read 5241 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

DKsupern00b

    Topic Starter


    Rookie
  • DK - Not your average n00b.
    CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong
    « on: May 26, 2007, 02:40:37 PM »
    Hey guys, I'm a total idiot.

    Just got hit by some odd Trojan 'cus I suck at internets, it appeared on my screen like it was installing, I immediately cut the power off, (yeah, I know, BAD IDEA,) but I was in panic. So as I turn my computer on, it counts my RAM, blah blah blah, and then it gives me some odd message. It says:

    CMOS Settings Wrong
    CMOS Memory Size Wrong

    Press F1 to go to Setp
    Press F2 for Default Values

    Or something alike the lines of that. I press F2 to see my Windows boot screen and I smile in joy, hoping I got through without any damage, as the boot screen dissapear and I expect my logon screen to appear my screen is suddenly covered by a grid of purple and green rectabgles, my screen goes black for a while and it finally logs in.

    I've been able to boot into my Widnows this way succesfully, (if you can call it that,) 4 times now, every time I get in my clock has been reset and the date is set to somewhere around April 2003. Also since this started it keeps wanting to update Windows XP (KB896428) even though I have done it several times now. It's like my computer resets to what it was long before. Plus, at certain websites I'm not able to log in, I'm bounced back to the log in page, this happened after I deleted my Cookies, is this related or a whole 'nother matter?

    Anyways---

    I'm seriously afraid something is horribly wrong with my computer, and that's probably the case, so does anyone have info on what this might be? And what a solution might be?
    Please call me DK :-)

    patio

    • Moderator


    • Genius
    • Maud' Dib
    • Thanked: 1769
      • Yes
    • Experience: Beginner
    • OS: Windows 7
    Re: CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong
    « Reply #1 on: May 26, 2007, 02:46:08 PM »
    Replace the CMOS battery...as always when working inside the case remove all power sources first and take the neccessary anti-static precautions...

    Part # CR 2032 available just about anywhere.

    " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

    DKsupern00b

      Topic Starter


      Rookie
    • DK - Not your average n00b.
      Re: CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong
      « Reply #2 on: May 26, 2007, 03:08:12 PM »
      That's it? Hahaha! oh wow... xD
      Please call me DK :-)

      patio

      • Moderator


      • Genius
      • Maud' Dib
      • Thanked: 1769
        • Yes
      • Experience: Beginner
      • OS: Windows 7
      Re: CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong
      « Reply #3 on: May 26, 2007, 03:10:31 PM »
      That's it? Hahaha! oh wow... xD

      Well we don't know yet...
      " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

      contrex

      • Guest
      Re: CMOS Settings Wrong / CMOS Memory Size Wrong
      « Reply #4 on: May 26, 2007, 05:01:05 PM »
      I'm seriously afraid something is horribly wrong with my computer

      Something is definitely wrong with your prose style...