Fedora-10 killed my computer ...

Timothy Murphy tim at maths.tcd.ie
Mon Oct 27 01:20:44 UTC 2008


Danny.Terweij wrote:

>> Now, my question is:
>> Was the fact that this happened after running F10
>> a pure coincidence?
> 
>> I'm intending to look at the CMOS battery,
>> and perhaps try re-installing the BIOS.
>> Any other suggestions gratefully received.
> 
> There is no OS known that touching a BIOS. A OS does READ the BIOS. So
> yes, maybe you need to replace CMOS backup battery.

I'm almost completely ignorant of the inside of a computer,
but is the BIOS normally the only NVRAM inside?





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