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From: glee on 7 Dec 2009 09:51 "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)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/
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 7 Dec 2009 20:45 In message <OSb27y0dKHA.5372(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, glee <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> writes: >"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message >news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)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. I think he meant keeping the supply in its standby mode to preserve the settings (I think he just meant "supplying" when he said "charging"). I don't think the usual cell (a CR2032 in most desktop mobos) should be charged at all - it's a primary lithium cell, and they mostly definitely shouldn't be charged - that can be quite unsafe. > >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. ;-) Yes, "while" or "after" would have made it clearer which he meant. But we in UK and you in USA often speak a different language! (Well, we speak several variants in various parts of the UK, possibly even more than around the USA.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** Reality and talent shows lack honesty. They manipulate the viewer with mawkish stories. Contestants turn tragedies into qualifications. - Sean Lock, in Radio Times, 20-26 June 2009
From: Tim Meddick on 8 Dec 2009 12:36
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" <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)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/ > |