markm9999 wrote: > Frankly, I find this scenario unlikely. In my 30+ years of building > PC's, I've never experienced something like that. > > Computers can run without BIOS battery, it's just that the computer will > constantly prompt you for the default BIOS settings after it loses > power.
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