Re: Please enter date and time then freeze

From: Peter Weaver (WeaverConsultingServices_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:30:21 -0500

John Santos wrote:
>...
> Bottom line: Original battery was dead.
> 1st replacement motherboard was badly broken.
> 2nd replacement motherboard had a dead battery.
>
> So if you have any ES40's in southern California, and
3rd-party
> maintenance, don't let them leave until your sure your
system
> is working! Those dead motherboards have probably been
recycled
> into their spares kits.
>
> </RANT>
>
> Check the CMOS battery.

If it is the same 3rd party maintenance that my main client is
forced to deal with because of "Global Contracts" and
"Preferred Vendor Lists" I bet I could tell you the serial
numbers on the boards you went through. It doesn't take long
for boards to fly from one end of the continent to the other. 

-- 
Peter Weaver
Weaver Consulting Services Inc.
Canadian VAR for CHARON-VAX
www.weaverconsulting.ca

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