John Tomany wrote:
> Using four new zinc/carbon "D"-size batteries (I repeat: NOT
> alkaline, nicad, nor any rechargeable), you'll throw away that
> computer before replacing the battery pack... about a dozen years
> from now.
Hello, I'd like to have room for my hard drives still!
> If you REALLY never want to bother with the CMOS battery again,
> install a small diode (soldered to a resistor in the 150-3000 ohm
> range) from ANY 5 vdc source on the motherboard to the positive
> battery pack connection. Don't even be concerned about Ohm's law or
> any of that... you don't need much of a charge to maintain 2.2 - 5
> volts inside the battery pack!
I didn't think it was safe to try any battery besides rechargeable?
> - Don't even try recharging the original CMOS battery. It is made
> from exotic (and expensive) metal alloys - like lithium, mercury
> - and really CAN explode or go on fire. Same deal with the
> alkaline high-power batteries.
I don't think the lithium batteries are rechargeable, but the NiCads
are. Most of mine are NiCads. NiCads will go bad eventually just like
any other battery, However.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
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