On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:34:10 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybub@NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote:

>micky wrote:
>> It seems my IBM Thinkpad's CMOS battery has died, and it's know that
>> it won't boot wihtout it.
>>
>
>The battery is not involved in the boot process.
>
On a TP it IS. If the CMOS is invalid, many TPs will NOT boot -
period.