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CMOS BATTERY LOW - no battery
Name: Patrick Roy Date: March 19, 2003 at 13:31:33 Pacific OS: n/a CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
I have an old pc it has a AOpen AP5VM mobo and when i boot it it tells me CMOS BATTERY LOW .. i checked in the mobo .. no battery .. can some1 tell me what should i do about it .. thx
Name: Derk Date: March 19, 2003 at 14:47:16 Pacific
Reply:
You have to have a battery there eather
round (Like a big watch battery) Lithium 3V Or round (Like a half of a AA in length and Half the sise of a D cell in circomfrence) Lithium 3.6V Or Black rectangeler almost same sise as the last one. This one says Dallas on it more then likely.
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Response Number 2
Name: BrADmatt Date: March 19, 2003 at 14:51:06 Pacific
Reply:
i just downloaded and looked at the manual on this mobo. the battery is just as derk said in the second and third option. it looks like it is either close to the CPnext to the BIOS chip or its close to the back of the case.
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