Re: [OxLUG] Date reset after reboot

A.E.Lawrence wrote:
> I have seen BIOS settings corrupted (checksum failures) with a flat
> battery. But if you are getting past a cold boot, I guess that cannot be
> your case. But you are probably running with BIOS defaults which just
> might mean less than optimal memory settings and the like.

I think nowadays they often use flash for BIOS.

> I hanker for the old days of rechargeable BIOS batteries :-)

I still wonder why they don't use supercaps. They don't wear out like
batteries.

-- Jamie