Summary: I have a 386dx as you know, and the bios is screwed, so i need to take out the cmos battery. the cmos battery is soldered in, so i need to rip it out,...
Summary: Does anyone know where I can buy a CMOS battery. She has an old LP-210 motherboard that she purchased from Compudyne but I haven't had luck in findin...
Summary: there may be a kludge. if you can disconnect the cmos battery and boot without it, the system may load the defaults. normally the battery can't be dis...
Summary: I have a motherboard for a Canon PC model s87-15c01 manufactured in '96. It is a large board, about 10x18, with onboard everything but sound. The bo...
Summary: Is the bios operational? ie; Is there a cmos battery? Does it "hold" the settings you may have entered between power downs? Is A: drive setup in the b...
Summary: Hi Lsd: Try this address for more information about common CR 2032 CMOS battery. Older motherboards use soldered batteries that look like a AA (half t...
Summary: I've noticed lately that my very old laptop's clock is slowing down. Several days ago it was fine, but now the clock is slow about 10 minutes per day....
Summary: Hello, This error message indicates CMOS battery failure. Soldered in batteries can leak, corrode and ruin the motherboard. Plug-ins are better. Rep...
Summary: Hi, Yup, I second the battery idea too, espeacially if the CMOS battery on your 486 is original equipment. If you're lucky, the battery on the motherb...
Summary: Older PC's had a battery that looked like a small barrel welded to the board.Don't remove it:buy a 3 Volt cmos battery that looks like a small rectang...
Summary: I took my 386X in for repair- it would not boot. The man said the cmos battery was shot;and he didn't know where to get one. Appreciate any help, tuvm...
Summary: This is the case for any machine with a dead cmos battery in that as long as you don't turn it off and unplug it from the mains supply it will rememb...
Summary: All the CMOS battery does is allow the settings to be saved when the machine is powered off. If you can restore the CMOS values, either from memory a...
Summary: For those of you that still own (or have obtained) a Compaq Contura 4/25 (Non-Aero), there may be hope for your original battery pack. I had previousl...
Summary: You'll have to clear the CMOS and return it to factory defaults. Open the system case and look on the motherboard for a jumper pin group that's labele...
Summary: I have an old att 386 computer 16mhz using a acumos desktop bios ver 2.12.02 , i had to replace the cmos battery, when i rebooted everthing was confi...
Summary: Sounds like your C: drive isn't spinning up. Do you notice if there's the sound of the drive spooling up or any LED activity? Anyways - when things g...
Summary: Several things may have happened here. Your battery could be dead. In that case it is possible that you just need to enter setup and call out your flo...
Summary: Card isn't programmable... this one is set by jumpers only. And the conflict remains with the card removed. I'm starting to wonder: if I disconnect...
Summary: Excuse me!!! But the machine orginally came with win 3.1 and I though someone in this form had messed with one of these antiques before. Now, to the r...
Summary: Your cmos battery is probably dead & you need to replace it. This has happened to me. Just open up the case. (Wont hurt anything) & write down the har...
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