Wow! thanks for the detailed instructions! Usually words like
"motherboard" cause me to feel deeply uneasy, but you make it sound as
if I might actually be able to handle this operation (with some help
from my buddy Tom!). I've run two different antivirus programs and two
antispam programs, thinking that might be the problem, but they didn't
seem to help, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's the battery.
Will let you know,
Anne
Fred Holmes wrote:
Most motherboards of the past five years or more use the CR2032 "button" battery for the motherboard battery.
They are sold "everywhere" because they are commonly used in the "keyless" lock "zapper"
on modern automobiles.
They are about the size of a quarter, shiny white metal, and sit in a round holder on the motherboard. One
side of the holder has spring-loaded "fingers" and the other side has a small slot into which you
insert a small flat-bladed screwdriver to twist and pop out the battery. The twist displaces the battery
sideways against the spring-loaded fingers until it clears the "lip" on the holder and can pop up.
Insert the new battery by pressing it against the spring-loaded fingers until it clears the lip on the
"screwdriver side" and drops in place.
Fred Holmes
At 03:39 PM 6/8/2007, John DeCarlo wrote:
But one of my first steps would be to find out where your CMOS battery is
for your computer and see if you can Google how hard it is to replace.
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