Two more chances to see shuttle/ISS tonight: 23:43 to 23:44 MDT. Low (max 11 degrees), due north 01:16 to 01:17 MDT. Low (max 15 degrees), NW to NNW And for the computer wizards out there: The ancient (circa 1999) Windows box I use to run my mount and cameras recently started forgetting what day/time it is after it's been powered down for a while. When I bring it back on line it usually thinks it's some time in December 1999. Shortly after that started happening I started getting a message on a DOS looking screen during boot up reading: CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP 10/15/2001-i440BX-<P3B-F> I press F1 and Windows loads. Then I set the clock and spend a night taking data. The clock seems to hold time fine all night. Any ideas? FWIW, I found a 20mm diameter, wafer shaped 3 volt lithium battery buried in the guts of the machine. Pulled it out and measured less than half a volt (ie. dead). Would installing a new battery cure the machine's ills? Thanks for any help, Patrick
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: Hi Patrick, Short answer is yes. Last year my machine bought in 2004 kept thinking it was 1999, one new battery later and all was well again. Good Luck! Howard
than half a volt (ie. dead). Would installing a new battery cure the machine's ills?
Thanks for any help,
Patrick
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Hi Patrick, I suspect your computer's internal battery has run down and needs replacing. It's probably on the motherboard. Thanks, Joe
I think that the ISS got the dreaded "Red Screen of Death"... B) 73 de n7zi Gary "Why buy something for ten bucks when you can make it for a hundred." JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <bau@desnews.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] See ISS & computer question
Hi Patrick, I suspect your computer's internal battery has run down and needs replacing. It's probably on the motherboard. Thanks, Joe
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