problem at startup

[pichi]

hi everybody i have a IBM Thindpad T20 type 2647 (pentium III), when i turn on the laptop, i get a error, an i need to enter to the bios so i can start up my operating system, so i don't know if there is a problem with the bios or there a virus on my laptop, this problem doesn´t occur always, for example today didn´t happen but yesterday it did.
thanks in advance

Pichi

 

[AVChap]

Probably the BIOS battery is running low. You may need to get this replaced. AVChap
... take my advice, I don't use it anyway!

 

[chaosinc]

I think AVChap hit it on the head.
got a bad bios battery on my laptop and have to reset the cpu speed in the bios everytime it is turned on to get it to boot.
time for us both to get new batteries... let me know if i helped or not, thanks