Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

why does my pc boot up to click f1 to setup and f2 to use default settings and then it goes back to Jan 1 2003

I have to reset the time and date back to today from Jan 1, 2003.

3 Answers

Relevance
  • 2 decades ago
    Favorite Answer

    I'm guessing by the sounds of it you have a dead CMOS battery. It's a little battery(looks like a watch battery) that keeps all that info like the system clock stored when you have the computer turned off. If that was to die you would be getting messages like this. I reccomend you replace it(if you know what you are doing) or bring it to a computer store and have them do it and it should fix the problem.

  • 2 decades ago

    Do you have other problems besides that? I had a clock and date problem before but that was because my system recovery screwed up. The only way I fixed it was I had to install Windows XP.

    Others are saying battery, but when a battery dies, its most likely your computer would have trouble rebooting too, so I dont know the answer to that except to take it to a technician or try installing XP.

  • Jamie
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    It's likely the battery. Get one from Radio Shack. Its a CR2032. About 3 bucks.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.