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Why do techs keep flashing BIOS on a machine that just needs a new CMOS battery?
Pulled a client's PC into the bench on Tuesday and the clock was resetting to 2009 every boot, so the last tech flashed the BIOS twice and charged them $180 for it. All it needed was a $3 CR2032 cell and five minutes. Stop treating every weird boot issue like a firmware problem when a dying battery is staring you in the face, has anyone else seen this hack job lately?
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norag661d ago
Wait, they flashed it twice? That's not just lazy, that's them making the problem worse and billing for it. A dead CMOS battery is like the first thing you check when the clock goes stupid, so if a "tech" can't figure that out maybe they shouldn't be touching people's machines at all.
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