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CMOS Battery
Name: Brandon Date: October 29, 2002 at 09:24:49 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: PIII 600 mHz / 384 mb RAM
Comment:
If I suspected my CMOS battery was going bad, what would I do? DOS makes me hit F1 every time I try to boot up before it will go to Windows. Can it be replaced? How?
Name: ZeroDread Date: October 29, 2002 at 09:26:38 Pacific
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Its like a watch battery. Open up your case, and look for it on the motherboard. Its very simple
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Response Number 2
Name: brandon Date: October 29, 2002 at 10:12:05 Pacific
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I just buy a replacement at CompUSA or something? I'm going to go on and assume yes.
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Response Number 3
Name: sue Date: October 29, 2002 at 10:33:25 Pacific
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depending on the battery, you might even find at the drugstore:)
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Response Number 4
Name: Mike Newcomb Date: October 29, 2002 at 13:31:44 Pacific
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Generally the first sign a battery is dying, is the date and/or time start to lose accuracy.
Make a note of your bios settings before replacing the battery.
The reason for this, is that if it is out for too long (maybe as low as 3 mins) the bios resets to default values.
Good luck - keep us posted.
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Response Number 5
Name: Nick R (by Nick Ritchie) Date: October 30, 2002 at 07:13:05 Pacific
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You should go into your BIOS & CMOS and document your settings B/4 removing the coin battery on the M.B. You may lose the settings when you remove the battery ? Good Luck ,Nick
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