Why my computer forgets time and why it starts as soon as the power is on even without pressing start button?

Question

My computer forgets time, e.g when I start it, it always tells me that the time is Tues 1/1/2002 even if I correct it. It also start automatically as soon as the power is on , not waiting for me to press start button.( 128 RAMS, 40G hard disk and XP)

Answer 1

Your internal battery is probably weak or dead. The clock is usually the first thing to start to fail. Open the computer and look for a coin-type battery on the motherboard. If you haven't worked inside a computer before, BE SURE TO GROUND YOURSELF before touching anything. Also, start the computer and record your BIOS settings. When you take out the batter and replace it, you'll need to reset the BIOS settings.

Don't computers normally start up when the power button is pressed?

Answer 2

You need to open the case, and replace the battery on the motherboard. Make sure the power cable is disconnected, so you dont fry anything..... This is what keeps the time when there is no power to your computer...

You should be able to change the power on setting in the bios to prevent the pc from booting when you turn the power on......
While the pc is booting, keep pressing the ESC and Delete button. im not sure which one enters the bios for you, but it should be one of them.....find the power settings in the bios and you should be able to set it so the computer doestn boot at power up...

Answer 3

Your battery in the motherboard
'battery type/name:CR 2023' must have become weak,and that's why you are facing the 'time' problem
You will have to replace it.
Also,the reason for your pc starting as soon as the
power is on might be that your are not shutting your
computer properly
It happens when u switch off your pc by switching off the switch provided at the back of the cabinet(CPU) or the main switch to which ur pc is plugged

Hope your problem gets solved soon

Answer 4

Your motherboard where your processor is has a watch battery on it that keeps internal time when there is no power to the computer. This battery has gone bad. You should remove the watch battery from your motherboard and take it to a watch shop to get the correct battery to replace it.

Answer 5

It sounds like your CMOS battery is either dead or dying. The good news is, they're cheap and easy to replace. Go down to just about any store that sells batteries, and ask for a CR2032. Then shut your computer down, unplug it, and find the battery on the motherboard. Just pop it off and plug in the new one, and put your BIOS settings back in order. :)

Answer 6

Replace your CMOS battery. It's the little silver battery on the main board; usually they are CR2032.

As for the power on thing, check and make sure that you PS connector is on the correct pins and in the correct position on the main board. I have never heard of this problem; usually they WON'T START!

Good luck

Answer 7

do no longer artwork. potential swap get caught, it is why it particularly is start with our pressing potential button. try those a million. First examine potential button is in regular place(off mode) or no longer? Press potential button two times or two times, till finally it get to the off mode. 2. examine the twine connection 3. provide to provider engineer they are going to replace the button and value around INR one hundred.

Answer 8

You have a dead CMOS battery. Look for a flat battery on your motherboard inside your computer. This can be replaced manually or take it into your local computer store.

Answer 9

you have a battery inside the computer that is dead this keeps your system bios up to date. With a dead battery it will go back to default settings when ever there is power

Answer 10

Change the internal battery that is located on the mother board. it is about the size of a quarter and will cost you about $5.00