[Tfug] Battery replacement

[erich]

Well,
       Powering down the machine, and removing the battery means that
the CMOS configuration will get wiped out. Then the box becomes a
paperweight or a doorstop, or you can decorate your fireplace mantle
with the motherboard.

                                                                                                    
Erich

Mike Martinet wrote:

>Sometimes older machines have a battery that's soldered to the motherboard.  It looks like a large capacitor.
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>If you're lucky and it's the large flat disc-type (looks like a silver coin, size of a nickel), then by all means, shut the machine off!  That way, when you drop the battery on the motherboard, you won't short anything out and fry the poor thing  :)  
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>MjM
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>>Message: 5
>>Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:15:46 -0700
>>From: erich <erich1 at copper.net>
>>Subject: [Tfug] Battery replacement
>>To: "listserv, TFUG" <tfug at tfug.org>
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>>I have an old Dell pentium 120 machine that's losing time. In other
>>words, the battery that holds the CMOS memory trace is weakening
>>to the point that the hardware clock slips counts when the machine
>>is powered off.
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>>Can these things be replaced? If so, can the motherboard remain
>>powered up while you're replacing the battery?
>>
>>                                                                                        
>>Erich
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