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See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the diagnostics and troubleshooting any problems that may occur.

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A3.0-V CR2032 coin-cell battery installed on the system board maintains system con- figuration, date, and time information in a special section of memory.

The operating life of the battery can extend up to 10 years. The battery may need replacing if an incorrect time or date is displayed during the boot routine along with a message such as:

Time-of-day not set — please run SETUP program

or

Invalid configuration information — please run SETUP program

or

Strike the F1 key to continue,

F2 to run the setup utility

To determine whether the battery needs replacing, reenter the time and date through the System Setup program and exit the program properly to save the information. Turn off and unplug your system for a few hours, and then plug in and turn on your

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unplugged or AC power is lost. In this case, you must enter the System Setup pro- gram and reset the configuration options.

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Use the following procedure to replace the system battery with another CR2032 coin-

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If the settings are lost while you are replacing the battery, you can refer to your written or printed copy of the system configuration information to restore the

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