"Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
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>> Dude
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>> Your post had to be copied and pasted into WordPad, at which point I read
>> it
>> over and again until I had the various topics in paragraphs of their own.
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>> There is no attachment, so can't see what you disabled, but you may have
>> turned memory off completely.
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>> End result without memory = no computer..
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>> Resolution = return to manufacturer and then pay gracefully when told
>> that
>> it is fixed..
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>> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
>> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]
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> Mike, can you really "turn memory off completely" from within the BIOS?
> Won't removing the battery from a laptop revert the BIOS to default
> settings
> like removing the CMOS battery from a desktop restores default settings?[/color]


Mark

I haven't ever tried to do it, so don't really know, but the computer is
doing nothing at all as would happen if all memory was physically removed.

Removing the main battery doesn't reset the CMOS. The laptop will have a
rechargeable battery inside which will maintain the BIOS possibly for any
period up to 6 months..

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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]