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By the way, it was the cheapest 500GB hard drive available on the auction
website, a new hard drive that is.
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"Tim Meddick" wrote:
> 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" wrote in message
> news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > "Tim Meddick" wrote in message
> > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592@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/
> >
>
> .
>
website, a new hard drive that is.
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....scribble scribble scribble...
"Tim Meddick" wrote:
> 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" wrote in message
> news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > "Tim Meddick" wrote in message
> > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592@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/
> >
>
> .
>