Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage 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 Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <52d06857$0$17108$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xj5I5Nkp57rzhh/bpee3hAxvX7FgJ/Q4VjWWBlJG47Er6WGnA= Cancel-Lock: sha1:PpommIbNiHx4QDKjjN5l+BpG42k= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2188 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:5237 Ant 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.