| Subject: Re: Could on/off problems be linked cmos battery? |
Author:
James McCormack
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Date Posted: 12:36:19 10/20/99 Wed
In reply to:
Robert Sweeny
's message, "Could on/off problems be linked cmos battery?" on 07:35:48 10/20/99 Wed
> Hi people
> My 13 month old Vivante XL has just died. For several
> weeks it has been difficult to turn it on. It would
> only boot every fourth or fifth time if lucky. Usually
> the light on the cd drive would come on briefly and
> you could hear something happening inside, but the
> screen remained blank so you'd have to try again.
> Several days ago it became 10 to 15 tries were
> necessary. Now it won't start at all. Hence my
> question, could this be a cmos battery in need of
> replacement? I ask because my time/date have never
> been reliable and I thought that was an indicator of a
> faulty cmos battery...
> On a related matter. Trent mentioned that there were
> two versions of this machine. It would appear by
> machine is the older version because I can't see the
> battery under the ram cover. Does this mean I have to
> send the machine to AESusa in California just to have
> a battery replaced?
> Thanks everyone
> Robert
Robert;
I'm having the same problem with the on/off button on my Vivante XL. This is the second time. The first time I sent it to Transmond and they fixed it for free. I've had the computer about a year and a half now.Any day now, I'll not be able to turn the laptop on. Any idea of the cost of repair and what has to be replaced/repaired. Any info/advice would be appreciated.
Jim
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