[vox-tech] Battery Problem?

[Jimbo]

I have tested the switch on another pc.  Found out that it is a momentaty 
switch (continuity exists only when holding down the switch).  With that it 
appears that it is just a signal generator.

If making the pc come on by pushing the button a few more times, I would 
focus on the button.  Peter is right in which it just might be dirty.

The switch can easily be checked by jumpering the two switch wires together 
momentarily (.5 to 1 sec).  If it works then it is definately caused by too 
much resistance in the switch.  Easy.  If it is a bad switch you might try 
cleaning the internal contacts but it might be cost/time effective to just 
get a switch from radio shack.

Jimbo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Scofield" <scofield at omsoft.com>
To: "LUGOD Tech" <vox-tech at lists.lugod.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 7:39 AM
Subject: [vox-tech] Battery Problem?


> My wife says she's having a problem starting her computer.  She says that 
> when
> she pushes the start button she hears the sound of the computer starting, 
> but
> then the computer does not turn on when she releases the button.  She has 
> to
> try pushing the button a few more times before she can get the computer to
> come on.
>
> Is this the battery going out, or is it a problem with the power supply?
>
> Here's one more question.  In the old days I remember making some kind of 
> a
> Norton Antivirus backup floppy for the CMOS data so that if you replaced a
> battery your could replace your CMOS data.  But I don't do that anymore. 
> So
> if you replace the battery, what do you do about the CMOS?
>
> The computer we're talking about was built in 1997.  The battery has never
> been replaced.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bob
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