I was sure I posted back and said a new CMOS battery cured the problem.  I'm sorry that evidently I didn't.  I've been using the computer for months now and because of a post below I went to check on my original post.  Discovered I never said thanks.  
That was the first time a battery acted like that.  Before as I mentioned all they did was forget the computer had a HD ect.

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=505308&posts=8&highlight=battery&highlightmode=1#M4109489