From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Fri, 23 May 2025 18:38:38 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 5/23/2025 5:49 PM, greybeard wrote:   
   >>   
   >> LM 21.3 Last two cold starts of desktop have been a problem.   
   >> Instead of booting straight up, system stops at bios. I select boot   
   >> from SSD and away we go. Then I need to reset date/time.   
   >>   
   >> What's the glue that's missing? And how to fix?   
   >>   
   >> cheers greybeard (-who after 20+ years using mint is still a novice.   
   >> Usually it just   
   >>  works and I don't mess with it)   
   >   
   > Fix your CMOS battery (CR2032 in a socket, on a desktop, CR2032 on a   
   > cable on a laptop).   
   >   
   > A few machines use LR2032. LR and CR are radically different and do not   
   > mix. Verify by looking at the item, what type it is.   
   >   
   >    CR2032 - does not recharge, ten year shelf life, three year   
   >    junk-room-storage life   
   >   
   >    LR2032 - rechargeable, lasts for several days on a charge, can   
   >    eventually wear out (stop charging)   
   >   
   > RTC time is not kept, if the power switch at the back of the PC is off,   
   > and the CR2032 is flat. That's why we change it out.   
   >   
   > Some machines, they won't even start if the CR2032 is flat. Others start   
   > OK, but their settings are all lost.   
   >   
      
      
   What happens if you have set a BIOS password? Is that lost too?   
      
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