Thanks Chris. I will get right to it. Peter > Peter, > > It could be that the battery on the motherboard is about to give up. It is > this that keeps the power on the memory used to store the BIOS settings - > e.g. details of the CPU and disk. I strongly suggest that you go into the > BIOS settings and write down those for the hard disk. Should the battery > fail and the BIOS looses the information on the disk, it may be difficult to > access the disk. > > The battery is small - often one like used in a digital watch, kitchen > scales, etc. Changing it is usually simple - a clip - and usually you don't > lose the BIOS settings if it only takes you a few seconds to put the new one > in. Your computer's handbook should explain all. If it is more complex > than I suggest (e.g. for a laptop) - then a trip to the local computer > repair shop should suffice. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Peter Metcalfe > Sent: 19 August 2009 09:24 > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COMPUTERS] CPU > > Hi > > Can anyone advise on this please? > > On startup the message comes up "cpu has been changed. Please re enter cpu > settings in the cmos set up and save before quitting." I usually get round > this by pressing F1 and > that takes me in to the windows as usual ...however I now have a new mesage > when I log on that says "your sql server installation is either corrupt or > been tampered with. [could not open sq .....] please uninstall then re run > set up to correct this problem." usually I just click the x at the top of > this box and the start up proceedure goes as usual > ..albeit at a snails pace. When I get on the net the computer works ok but I > think I should address the issues ..apparently I must do something with BIOS > but don't understand it. > > Peter > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----- End Original Message -----