Jack,
Since you're changing your battery so often I can't imagine it's the one
soldered to the motherboard. You must be using the external socket for it,
right? That's the four-pronged one.
Check your motherboard connections, the little screws that hold it down in
the case. Those are the ones I've seen most often cause problems when they
touch certain spots on the motherboard and ground it out.
Also reseat the BIOS chip. There may be dust in there (yes, right from the
factory) that is causing a slow drain.
I'd be happy to help out more. Maybe take it off list.
Jim
At 08:36 AM 8/12/98 -0700, Jack wrote:
>Javilk wrote:
>> Many computers today use rechargable batteries. If you don't power up
>> the machine often enough, they forget the date, and may forget all the
>> CMOS data, though many are capable of determining the drive type on start
>> up, and so can still come up. (Often after asking you to hit F1.)
>
>Maybe you can help me with a problem I've been having with my battery since
>I got my desktop PC motherboard. The battery drains very quickly when the
>machine is turned off. I usually leave my machine on, but the battery still
>runs out of juice after around 3 weeks. I've never been able to figure out
>what the problem is. Have changed battery maybe a dozen times. When system
>starts and battery is bad the system searches for the primary hard drive and
>finds it, then gives me an F1 to continue message. It does not search for my
>2ndary master hard drive. When this happens, I change the battery, reboot,
>reset the CMOS to automatically identify the 2ndary master drive and all is
>well until next time.
>
>Any ideas what could be causing the problem? The battery slot looks clean,
>clean contacts and all. It uses a model 2032 3volt battery.
>
>TIA,
>Jack
>
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