Hi,
Thr RS person should be able to check the current state of the battery
(assuming they have a volt-meter in stock!).
A new lithium cell should show >3V, & your 6-yo battery could even show a
negative voltage if it's really-really dead.
If the new one's dead (rare), just get another: it's not worth hassling for
3 bucks!
It sounds like the CMOS memory in your PC has lost its contents. I guess the
place to start would be to get into the BIOS (usually by holding down the
DEL key just after power up (as soon as the prompt appears at the bottom of
the screen), & choosing to re-load defaults, then set the HD type to AUTO.
You mentioned a CR2032 cell: is that the original type too?
It'll work in the end! These hard times are just a passing thing ;-)
Regards,
Richard.be
----- Original Message -----
From: "EL Doctorow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: Return Commputer Battery To Radio SHack ?
ANy results and I will post to the other tread that I started. Am I
correct
in assuming that if I bring back the battery to RS that the "guy" behind
the counter can check the battery to see if was DOA? Also if he can check
it what number should I see that would indicate that the battery is
healthy. And if I bring in my 6 year old battery that has been exhibiting
signs of failing for over 6 months now what reading should that show. TIA.
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