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<blockquote data-quote="Crumbly" data-source="post: 1920750" data-attributes="member: 409148">UPDATE:Firstly, apologies for droning on about this relatively minor issue, but the equipment is now nearly ready to photograph and list.After setting the year as high as it would go (2019), I re-did a Norton Utilities test and as before, it threw up loads of 'bad file modification / creation dates', and were fixed, but a second re-test showed 'no problems found'. (Before I changed the year from 1922, it would pick up the same issues all over again, even after I'd selected 'fix all', so I guess the '1922' year was the cause?)The problem I have with replacing the PRAM battery is that a) the 'tech info' guide that came with the computer says it's not user-replaceable and b) I know all about grounding straps, etc., prior to working on the innards, but I'm a walking Van Der Graaf generator (the device, not the band), and I'm worried about damaging delicate parts.The machine was in its day, only just about usable for sending e-mails - even crude websites took forever to load - so my question is: if the new user won't be connecting it to the the internet, is being unable to set the year correctly a big deal?Thanks as always for any helpful comments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crumbly, post: 1920750, member: 409148"] UPDATE: Firstly, apologies for droning on about this relatively minor issue, but the equipment is now nearly ready to photograph and list. After setting the year as high as it would go (2019), I re-did a Norton Utilities test and as before, it threw up loads of 'bad file modification / creation dates', and were fixed, but a second re-test showed 'no problems found'. (Before I changed the year from 1922, it would pick up the same issues all over again, even after I'd selected 'fix all', so I guess the '1922' year was the cause?) The problem I have with replacing the PRAM battery is that a) the 'tech info' guide that came with the computer says it's not user-replaceable and b) I know all about grounding straps, etc., prior to working on the innards, but I'm a walking Van Der Graaf generator (the device, not the band), and I'm worried about damaging delicate parts. The machine was in its day, only just about usable for sending e-mails - even crude websites took forever to load - so my question is: if the new user won't be connecting it to the the internet, is being unable to set the year correctly a big deal? Thanks as always for any helpful comments. [/QUOTE]

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