In a message on Sunday 07-22-16 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GA Ed,   
      
    HG> Normally a machine starts with a message about how to access to the   
    HG> BIOS It should do it even though the BIOS battery is dead.   
      
   EV> Yes, Mine does that.   
   EV> It says the BIOS Battery is dead and offers two F Key choices.   
   EV> 1. Go to the BIOS   
   EV> 2. Continue with starting the computer   
      
   So far so good.   
      
   EV> Also because of the dead BIOS battery I've learned any changes I   
   EV> make to the BIOS is lost after I've selected YES and presed the   
   EV> Enter Key.   
      
   Quite odd. I have a ThinkPad with a dead BIOS battery and it works OK   
   after having asked for the Date/Time. Saving any changes to the BIOS   
   stay put, even at new start. XPpro on that machine.   
      
   EV> I tried to open the Acer 370P to see if I can replace the BIOS   
   EV> battery but I couldn't figure out how to get the case open.   
      
   In most cases the screws holding a laptop together, are hidden under   
   small round rubber plugs, or in other cases under the rubber feet below.   
      
   EV> The default setting for CD-ROM BOOTABLE in the BIOS is [Disabled] .   
      
   If you can boot an Ubuntu CD, it's not disabled.   
      
   EV> I sure wouldn't want the internal HDD to be changed over to W95,   
   EV> even though I've made a recent BackUp I could use to restore the OS.   
      
   I thought that we have all the time, talked about a W95 laptop!   
      
   EV> I don't know enough about Ubuntu to run the CD in a Ubuntu VM to   
   EV> risk it.   
      
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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