But anyway, that's not what he said. He said "This procedure will accelerate battery drain.". But he can't prove that, at the end of a month or a year, the CMOS battery will be draining at an accelerated rate. Nor can he prove that if it was it would be deleterious.
I concur. But a non trickle charged battery will lose charge over time, it's still under load. As I said it will last a long time.
How long depends on the age and state of the battery. Whether or not this is critical in this situation is not really the issue, as I see it. It sounds more like a thermal issue with the power supply to me, assuming the switch is OK (these are nothing more than momentary contact switches that either work, don't work, or get sticky over time). If it actually takes longer to boot from cold than it isn't the CMOS battery. It's either a sticky switch which takes time to release or establish contact or a power supply with issues. Could be a thermal issue with the PS connectors too, or a mobo trace issue. But I get increasingly unlikely here.
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