if you battery on the mian board has a 0.8-1.0V and i see it is a 3v battery would this have our CP run like crap (it does not like to start up )

 

the battery on the mainboard is there to maintain your bios settings, should have no effect on startup

if the voltage reads 1v change it as it is dead

 

I had to change mine a while ago from my 16 yr old 386..... that runs my TEF analyzer. i had to remove the mother board and desolder the battery.. it was a PITA to do. but it works fine now.

 

what will make your CP not start up right
i thought it mite be the battery so i went and got a new one and it will not run right

 

diagnosing a pc over the internet can be next to impossible especially without any info. Can you give more details.... like does it turn on at all, does it reach post screen, are there any failure screens, does it boot up and then reboot, what OS etc. ....... MORE INFO PLEASE :-P

 

i think there's something needs to be reconfigure, because the battery died and lost some of the settings.

i remember my computer tech did something to it before it works normal again.

 

can you define "runs like crap" for us?

It's probably worthwhile to boot into the BIOS, reset all defaults in there. Then boot into safemode and see how things run there (not you'll have no internet).

Give us an update form there.

 

define "runs like crap" for us no but i will tell you what i have tryed

power on then i see f-all then some time goes by and it goes into the boot into the BIOS
then some more time goes by and it goes into safemode
reset it then
somemore time goes by
it my get to reach post screen and run or it may not

i have it running now what can i do befor i turn off

 

from my experience with what you told us, sounds to me like a harddrive issue.

 

how can i test ?