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Twice in the last couple months Chrome started getting very sluggish for me. Both times clearing the history / cache fixed it right up.
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If you remember/had read my last post regarding a CMOS error at the start up of a computer...
I've been at the customer's and...
Battery was mounted upside down!
Mistery solved!
Thank you all for your answers.
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Bonus points if you now can tell me what CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors) got to do with all that. 
By the way: In CMOS chips lurks something called a parasitic Thyristor[^] that can cause a lot of trouble, especially when the polarity of the supply voltage is reversed and there is no diode to protect the chip.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The memory is a RAM that loses your BIOS settings once power is cut. That's why it is kept alive with the battery as long as the computer is turned off. CMOS draw about 1000 times less power from the battery than memories that are built with other types of transistors and the battery lasts far longer.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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My BIOS settings are in perfect state... well, not perfect but almost...
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Only as long as the battery is good and installed with the right polarity.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: cause a lot of trouble, especially when the polarity of the supply voltage neutron flow is reversed
FTFY
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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That's extremely problematic, especially if that cheap looking prop you got as a tool gets stuck[^] and you only have seconds before the warp drive executes its final GOTO (hell).
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Unless the strange hairy klingon and the yellow humanoid droid fix the motivator right on time.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Good for you!
Once had a customer years ago with some crazy issues with a system of ours, after a couple of days on the phone, beating our heads against the wall, come to find out that the installer had put a polarized connector on backwards. Think something like a large RS232 connector. Says the installer, 'Oh yeah I remember, that was a difficult connection to make, we needed to hit it with a rubber mallet to make make it seat properly...'. 
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And what do we learn from that? Don't rely on mechanical means to protect your connector. See to it that nothing shorts out when someone really succeeds in reversing it.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The installer has then been repeatedly hit with a steel mallet to make it reason properly.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The stuff of beautiful dreams. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Joan M wrote: Battery was mounted upside down!
It's an easy mistake to make!
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Marc Clifton wrote: It's an easy mistake to make!
Not sure how unless there was no battery in there in the first place. Ever since I was very young I would look at how something was originally placed before removing it to either put in a replacement or just rebuild it for fun.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Quote: just rebuild it for fun.
Sounds like we had similar childhoods my parents quickly learn not to leave tools out and become worried if they didn't hear me for a few minutes. Some item was being 'upgraded'... 
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Yup, mine too.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Make something idiot proof, nature makes a better idiot. Evolution, simple as that!
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... at a coffee shop table in front of what seems to be two young colleagues (both in company outfit and with luggage and laptop bags), one girl and one guy, sitting in front of each other. They are small talking together while the guy is actually only hardly listening, because absorbed by surfing the web on his laptop. It has been more than half an hour now, and the girl has been looking at that guy (and doing nothing else the whole time) like any guy would like a girl to look at him, with what I would call obvious signs of interests. And needless to say, the guy is completely not noticing this.
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Rage wrote: small talking together while the guy is actually only hardly listening, because absorbed by surfing the web on his lapto
Married, obviously.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I would not bet against "plain dumb"
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 19-Sep-18 16:45pm.
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Oh, good to know that. Thanks.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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