Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> 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.
Actually, the battery is a little, easily changed one that I can buy
wherever they sell camera batteries and other little odd-sized batteries.
There isn't one soldered to the board.
> 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.
The machine runs fine, but the battery won't last. Could a poor ground still
be a possible diagnosis?
> Also reseat the BIOS chip. There may be dust in there (yes, right from the
> factory) that is causing a slow drain.
I'll check that.
Thanks,
Jack
> 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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