y2k question?

[felix726]

I'm wondering if someone can help out with a y2k issue I think I might have to deal with. I'm a student studying software engineering so I understand the problem itself and how it relates to software applications but I'm wondering how I can tell if my PC is going to have some issues on new years. I was making an adjustment in my bios earlier and noticed on my date/time setting that I only have a 2 digit year allocation. I'm not to familier with how a systems bios interacts with the hardware so I don't know if this is going to cause me a problem or not. Can anybody shed some light on this for me, thanks in advance.

[Dominus]

Can you describe your system and motherboard a little? It's quite likely that if your BIOS only shows 2 digits that a BIOS flash is necessary in order for a smooth transition to the year 2000.

A motherboard make and model number would be perfect. Then all you have to do is look up the manufacturer for an update.

[scotter]

every time you start your computer windows or what ever os your using get's it's time date info from your bios there are a few othere programs the look to the bios for that info also instead of using the OS

the bios uses a clock chip like in a watch to keep time, some of the older mobo's used reaally cheap clocks that only did years in 2 digits all the newer ones use 4 digits
but the soft ware has to be /YYYY compliant to read it look in your dios and se if you can change the year to read /yyyy
and yes look for a updated bios
you can also go to www.cnet.com (http://www.cnet.com) or www.zdnet.com (http://www.zdnet.com) or a lot of othere sites that have free software that will check your computer for Y2K compiance and most will tell you to a point what you need to fix or upgrade.

hope that helps /forum/smile.gif