My imac 333 wont hold geometry display settings in 10.2

Hello,
I installed 10.2 on my imac and it works fine except for the fact that when I restart, my display geometry settings go back to default. Anybody know why? I even purchased and installed a new internal backup battery but that did not help.
Please help! Thank you...

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