[ridgerunner16]

Can anyone suggest one or more possible fixes for the error I am receiving during bootup. The error says that I have a low voltage battery problem. I have a Dell 8300 Desktop running Windows XP Home. I have tried all the suggestions offered by Dell Support like clearing the Bios System Event Log, Disconnecting the power from the system, draining the flea power from the desktop, and connecting the system directly to the wall outlet. None of these worked. If I push F1 to bypass the error message, the computer works fine all day. If I reboot it works fine. It only happens each morning when I first try to boot up and on rare occasions it does not always occur even then.

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Hi ridgerunner16...

How old is your machine? This sounds like the CMOS battery going dead. It's the coin shaped battery on the motherboard that's responible for holding the BIOS settings. Changing that may eliminate the boot error.

wannabe1

[wannabe1]

Hi ridgerunner16...

How old is your machine? This sounds like the CMOS battery going dead. It's the coin shaped battery on the motherboard that's responible for holding the BIOS settings. Changing that may eliminate the boot error.

wannabe1

[ridgerunner16]

Thanks. I kind of suspected that, so I will give that a try. The computer was purchased new on 6/20/03.

[wannabe1]

Four years old? The CMOS battery would be a very good place to start.