re cmos memory loss any idea why how is the cmos backed up dry cell batteries or ni cad cell your batteries may be dead mwallack kean ucs mun ca mwallack kean ucs mun ca wrote a friend s computer recently failed to recognize its hard drive on examination it was discovered that the cmos had lost all data no other problems were discovered when the cmos was restored everything appeared to work as before this all happened after a long period of stable operation the most recent change had been the addition of a second hard drive as a slave qemm had been installed along with deskview for quite a while any ideas the computer is a dx with megs of ram an ati wonder xl card and is about a year and a half old
