I hope it's a replaceable one. Some aren't. Kev.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Garth Meisel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:54 AM Subject: (clug-talk) CMOS battery Sorry about the time here people. It will be fixed later today. In all honesty, how many people have ever had to replace the CMOS battery of a motherboard? You know, the little CR?2032 something battery. I thought all these years that they were being recharged while the system was on and now, I'm beginning to think otherwise. I've had alot of mobo's in my day and never, Never, NEVER did I ever have to replace the little silver battery. I've done the old IBM recharging type big bulky rectangular cubish type, but never a 2032. Has anyone ever seen one fail in the life of a mobo that wasn't because somebody was fiddling around with something they shouldn't have been fiddling round with? I know the little suckers are worth about $20 a crack too. And that's where I have to question how new the new battery for $20 really is. I've done RDATE. I've done XNTP, I think I've utilized every possible time setting program on both sides of the fence. I hate doing something like taking computers apart if I don't have to. Computers are not automobiles and automobiles are much like computers when it comes to the old "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule. I think my little CR-2032 in this old Pentium II 350 has finally bit the bullet. What does the crowd say?
