you can find a small button size lithium battery, it's to make sure that time/date and some other settings do not get lost if the large battery gets flat after long usage, you may need a soldering iron to removed it......James
Kelly Duffy wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is relevant but something similar > happened to me with my G4 tower and I was told to > change the battery on the motherboard. I don't know if > notebooks even have a battery on the motherboard but > if they do the battery can be the cause of loss of > date and time. > > If they don't completely ignore what I've just said, > its just a stab in the dark. > > Kind regards, > Kelly -- now online with g4/450 power SAD Technic Bayswater 6053 Australia Electronic Repairs http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas ph &f +618 9370 5307 / m +614 14 421 132

