CMOS checksum failed... Do I have to change the battery?

[jairic]

A friend of mine just needs to use this computer long enough to get some pictures off of his zip disks. The computer boots up fine after I hit ESC to load BIOS settings. There aren't any problems after that (with the exception of CFD.exe crap). It runs fine, except the date is wrong, lol. So can I just leave it as it is and let him pull his pics off his zip disks, or do I have to change that battery? Thanks for the help!

Jairic

 

[peterhuang913]

You could change the battery, and you could also get the pics off first, your choice.

 

[b1gapl]

If it runs fine, with the exception of the date, you don't necessarily have to change the battery. Unless you don't want that checksum error popping up every time.

 

[jairic]

Sweet! Don't think he'll care about the Checksum error. Thanks for the input guys, much appreciated.

Jairic.