 Cmos Battery |
Welcome Guest ( Log In | Click here to Register a free account now! )
Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com
Welcome to Bleeping Computer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.| Important Announcement: The winners of the BC Million Post contest have been announced. You can read who the winners are at this post. - BleepingComputer Management |
  |
 Mar 27 2007, 09:45 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Forum Regular  Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 10-March 07 Member No.: 116,574  |
ideas will be very much appreciated.tnx in advance. |
 |
 
|
|
Mar 27 2007, 10:05 AM
Post
#2
|
|
|
arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 4,845 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern CA. Member No.: 13,532 |
If you know where the CMOS battery is remove it, take it to your local drug store and match it up with a new one and reinstall it. You will need to reset your date and time.
If you don't know where the CMOS battery is, it is located on the motherboard. It is about the size of a US quarter and the same color. The battery housing will have a metal clip holding it in place, you will need to pry this open to release the battery. When you remove it notice which side has the plus (+) on it so that you install the new battery with the plus in the same position. This post has been edited by dc3: Mar 27 2007, 10:07 AM -------------------- Lord, may we please have a little more chlorine in the gene pool?
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 27 2007, 10:11 AM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 10-March 07 Member No.: 116,574 |
thank you so much dc3.
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 28 2007, 03:56 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 10-March 07 Member No.: 116,574 |
i was getting " cmos battery low"message on the screen , press f1 to run setup. would this mean the battery needs to be replaced?
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 28 2007, 12:35 PM
Post
#5
|
|
 Official Bama Belle Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,327 Joined: 24-February 07 From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Member No.: 113,731 |
It is possible that the battery does need to be replaced. But before you purchase another on, take the battery out for about an hour (don't ask me why to leave it out, because I really don't know why. This is something a tech suggested to me once), then replace it. You'll have to press F1 to reset the settings after putting it back in. If you still get the battery low message, replace it.
--------------------  |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 22nd November 2008 - 12:19 PM |
© 2003-2008 All Rights Reserved Bleeping Computer LLC.