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Gary Lim <p.lim2@student.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

>I finally got Redhat 5.2 running stable on my P120 at home, but then the
>CMOS battery died.  Now when I try and boot to linux (win95 works fine)
>it hangs after "Loading Linux" (no dots...).  This happens even with the
>rescue disk and trying "linux 1".  
>
>I haven't swapped the cmos battery yet because it's one of those
>"Real-Time Clock" one's and I can't find anybody with them in
>Australia... :(  
>
>My question is:
>a> Is the reason Linux won't load due to the flat CMOS battery?
>b> does anyone know where I can get a DS12887 chip in Australia or
>elsewhere for that matter? (cheap?)
>

I would be surprised if one of those RTC modules were to fail so soon -
they are suppose to last nie on 10 years. So I would be looking a a virus,
specifically, a DOS/Windows CMOS virus.

Failing that, look for "short-circuits" on or near the CMOS module. Also
look closely at the motherboard earthing points, that is, where the
motherboard screws down to case, via the brass posts.
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