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Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS?

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From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS?
Date Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:09:39 +1100
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote
> John Dulak wrote

>> CMOS battery failing, Power supply failing, Stray cosmic ray?

> I didn't get any messages about low CMOS battery during the boot ups.

You can get that with a poor connection to the cmos battery.

> 600 watts SeaSonic S12 PSU could be it since I had it since 2005/2006. It 
> and my PC still work? How can I check to see if it was from it?

By swapping it with a good one if you see it happen again and
see if that stops it happening. Unlikely to reset the cmos tho.

> Stray cosmic ray? Wouldn't that affect my other machines and electronics 
> too? :P

Yes, that's why you had that short circuit between your ears.

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Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 11:23 -0800
  Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 13:58 -0600
    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 12:17 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 14:37 -0600
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 12:54 -0800
          Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 15:20 -0600
            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 14:01 -0800
              Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 18:52 -0600
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 17:43 -0800
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 19:59 -0600
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 01:24 -0800
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-11 08:18 -0600
  Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? John Dulak <Johnd@Booogus.com> - 2014-01-10 16:38 -0500
    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 13:59 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-11 15:09 +1100
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 01:21 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2014-01-11 12:52 +0000
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 08:07 -0800
          Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-12 05:26 +1100
            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 13:50 -0800
              Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-13 05:23 +1100
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-12 10:56 -0800
          Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2014-01-13 01:05 +0000
            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-13 00:50 -0800
  Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2014-01-11 12:01 +0100
    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 08:08 -0800

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