> I have had this happen to me twice on two different desktop PC's. The first > time was a disaster in that the resulting random activity as the battery was > dying caused a lot of important system files to get scrambled. The second > time I understood the symptoms and did the swap in time. If I've lost anything critical, I haven't identified it - yet. >What I don't > understand is why manufactures don't put a little warning into the bios that > tells us that the battery is either low, or that it's been xx years since it > was last replaced. I'm sure we're not alone in our experience. A very good observation, and we're most definitely not alone in the experience. Bottom line is, I don't know. It shouldn't be that tough. >Of course it > could also be a case of either forced planned obsolescence, or manufactures > not grasping the fact that many of us hold on to our computers for a very > long time. (- sigh -) Even for a long time cynic with a very low opinion of the internal processes of the rank and file, that's cynical. Ron N
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