Summary: battery dead -looks as though battery is not replacable.....question is there a way to start the computer by makinga changein the setup??????if so c...
Summary: John, If you are lucky it just looks like a round, silver watch battery and it is removable. Sometimes it looks like a watch battery and is permanentl...
Summary: My old laptop has a dead battery (Dell laptitude 486 with win 3.11) When I have the computer plugged in through a power source the screen is barely vi...
Summary: I have had this 486 Packard Bell ever since I bought it brand new. It use to work just fine until, I shut it down while we went on vacation. This is t...
Summary: Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model-70 386 that my boss just handed me and wants me to get info from. I get error code 161 / 163. From what I understand, I ...
Summary: A few years ago, An old 386 I was working on with a 'Black Box' 4.5 volt battery held the the case by a velco strip. Needed replacing, I could not fin...
Summary: Here are some useful links; Software and Drivers (just select your os): http://www.compaq.com/support/files/contura/us/family/model/880.html Batteries...
Summary: I first found out that it is actually a 486 based system. I then found out that the corruption was a recent happening, though I still don't know why i...
Summary: Go into the cmos & make sure the boot sequence is set to A: then C: It should then boot from a boot disk unless you have a totally dead battery which ...
Summary: The 2 short beeps tell you that there is a POST error with error codes as indicated.Error code 161 is a dead battery and error code 163 is CMOS error,...
Summary: I'm getting this same error and my hard drive won't detect. I've tried everything. Before I buy a new battery, does anyone know if the dead battery ...
Summary: chris, if your battery is dead, then each time you turn the computer off & back on, it erases some or all of your CMOS. CMOS holds the information whi...
Summary: reset reset reset...you should be able to reset your bios settings to defaults,however, if youve only had win31/dos i cant see why it wants ntldr.cle...
Summary: I would go into the setup to be sure that you did not lose the info in there. It may be a low or dead battery. If you can test the battery for the c...
Summary: Well if you installed the whole thing and it worked, all the needed files should be on the HD. If you used a boot disk and copied the system files to ...
Summary: I have a Packard Bell Legend 10CD. On boot a message 'System Battery dead - replace and run setup' appears. 1) Which battery is this? The CMOS? 2) W...
Summary: I picked up this DX2 system from a garage sale and it has DOS 6.22/WFW 3.11 install on it. Works except that I have to go into CMOS at every bootup an...
Summary: On zenith laptops, if the batteries are completly dead (meaning won't recharge) it will fail to start. replace batteries and that should fix the pro...
Summary: Thanks Bert but I think that I've now got a copy from another identical laptop - all 6 discs of it! I still don't know how to use though but I have a...
Summary: Hey Joel, Nope not necessarily! Where I like to tinker with older (i.e. 386 & 486) laptops from ebay, i've had many that had a dead-as-a-doornail batt...
Summary: My IBM laptop's battery no longer lives either. It is a decommisioned machine from a company and probably was never used outside the office. Try getti...
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...
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