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

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