BIOS setup always entered at startup

[WeeGeordie]

I have a client who powered off her IBM Thinkpad when it froze. Since then she is prompted to enter F1 to enter the IBM BIOS setup utility every time she starts the system. She has to enter and exit setup before it will continune on to start Windows. Everything appears normal after that until the next time she shuts it down. Any ideas what is going on and how to skip the BIOS setup?

Thanks ...wee

 

[Kofy]

Sounds as though the CMOS battery has died in her laptop. have her get that checked as the first thing.

 

[BFOJ]

Does she do a Save and Exit upon exiting the BIOS setup?

 

[WeeGeordie]

Thanks. I assume checking to see if it's keeping the correct date/time between poweroff's is the only test.

And yes, she did restore the default BIOS settings and saved/exited the first time it happened. Since then she has just been exiting.

Thanks again. ...wee