Cmos Settings Wrong

[luke]

Since I reinstall win XP home a few months ago, on each first bootup it stops on black screen saying:-
1. Cmos Settings Wrong
2. Sett Date & Time
3. F1 for setup
4. F2 st default values & continue
I did all the above several times, but the same thing happens on next bootup from cold, it starts normally on a REstart.
Can it be corrected somehow? ...........thanx .....nick

[NickN]

Replace the motherboard battery.. its dead and not retaining the CMOS memory

[luke]

Thanx NN, makes sence as it's for my  old Asus A8N32-SLI which run on this battery for 4 yrs now. Time to change it.